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	\|death_place= Parnu, Estonia		\|death_place= Parnu, Estonia
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	==Life==		==Life==
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	Nugiseks was born on Vanaõu farmstead, Karjaküla village, Järva County, Särevere Province, Estonia. His parents were peasant farmers, and Harald attended the basic school at Laupa.		Nugiseks was born on Vanaõu farmstead, Karjaküla village, Järva County, Särevere Province, Estonia. His parents were peasant farmers, and Harald attended the basic school at Laupa.
	===WWII===		===WWII===
	[[File:Drei Ritterkreuzträger Estlands - Alfons Rebane (links), SS-Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks und Harald Riipalu, Spätsommer 1944.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|Three Knight's Cross recipients of Estonia: SS-Obersturmbannführer [[Alfons Rebane]] (left), SS-Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks (center) and SS-Obersturmbannführer [[Harald Riipalu]] (right), late summer 1944]]		[[File:Drei Ritterkreuzträger Estlands - Alfons Rebane (links), SS-Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks und Harald Riipalu, Spätsommer 1944.png\|thumb\|305px\|Three Knight's Cross recipients of Estonia: SS-Obersturmbannführer [[Alfons Rebane]] (left), SS-Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks (center) and SS-Obersturmbannführer [[Harald Riipalu]] (right), late summer 1944]]
	[[File:Harald Nugiseks with wife and granddaughter, 1997.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|Harald Nugiseks with wife and granddaughter (left 1997) and with his wife and daughters (right)]]		[[File:Harald Nugiseks with wife and granddaughter, 1997.png\|thumb\|305px\|Harald Nugiseks with wife and granddaughter (left 1997) and with his wife and daughters (right)]]
	The Russian occupation was so bad, that in June 1941, everyone welcomed German troops as liberators. Nugiseks, who was able to avoid mobilization in the Red Army, joined the Estonian Security battalion from the Commercial Institute at Pairu on 2 October 1941. In 1993, he stated:		The Russian occupation was so bad, that in June 1941, everyone welcomed German troops as liberators. Nugiseks, who was able to avoid mobilization in the Red Army, joined the Estonian Security battalion from the Commercial Institute at Pairu on 2 October 1941. In 1993, he stated:

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	The Russian occupation was so bad, that in June 1941, everyone welcomed German troops as liberators. Nugiseks, who was able to avoid mobilization in the Red Army, joined the Estonian Security battalion from the Commercial Institute at Pairu on 2 October 1941. In 1993, he stated:		The Russian occupation was so bad, that in June 1941, everyone welcomed German troops as liberators. Nugiseks, who was able to avoid mobilization in the Red Army, joined the Estonian Security battalion from the Commercial Institute at Pairu on 2 October 1941. In 1993, he stated:

	: ''I must state that they behaved impressively, the first act they did after clearing the Soviets out was hand out food and reopen our Churches. They won the admiration of the people very quickly, and of myself. I was recruited to serve in a sort of home army, to guard against the Soviets who were hiding out. The Germans quickly moved on and we were tasked with hunting down bandits. What brought me to the SS? I liked what [[Germany]] was doing for [[Europe]], and how they freed us, and allowed us to remain free; everything was for Estonia, and Europe. It was hard; I cannot down play that, we had Estonian and German instructors who drilled us at all hours of the day and night, we would march and turn in at 9pm, then they would run in banging pots and mess kits at 1am for more. We trained on German weapons mostly, but sometimes had to use captured ones as well. We drilled often, and became very proficient on all weapons. I will say they treated us as their equals however, in the SS training was learning, not being broken and humiliated. We learned to be self-reliant, as well as trust in our comrades. I want to dispel a myth some claim, we never were forced to be [[slaves]] to the [[Germans]] or [[Hitler]]. We had our own officers and leaders, and everything we were doing was for Estonia. At the end of our training, we met RFSS Himmler, he came to see our final parade, and inspect us. He spoke to us, and lamented we are on a [[holy crusade]] against eastern [[bolshevism]] which will enslave all peoples of the earth if we do not prevail. He had us ready to get at them; a great cheer went up for our cause. [...] My first actions were with the home guard, we were tasked with catching soviet soldiers, and anyone who aided them. This whole situation started with the German attack, many fled with the soviets, but some could not make it all the way. They hid in the forests and survived by stealing from farmers. They united with soviet soldiers who refused to surrender, and they roved in small bands, cutting lines, and burning bridges as they became bolder. My first action was when a band was trapped close to the border, a youngster who was sent by her parents to tell us their village was taken over tipped us off and said they killed the mayor. We surrounded it and immediately came under fire, our repeated calls for a safe surrender and assurance of POW camps were met with machine guns. We suffered our first loses. When it was all over they were all dead, they also shot down a few civilians who tried to escape when the shooting started. Most of my time in the guard was quiet even though now we roamed away from our borders, but after the [[Battle of Stalingrad\|German loss at Stalingrad]], many wanted to do more to help. Many had already went to Germany for work, or volunteered to serve in the Estonian SS legion in 1942. Early in 43 I believe was when we were given the option to serve in a new Estonian SS regiment, I was eager to go, as were my comrades, following in the footstep of other Estonian men. It did not take long for us to meet the Soviets in battle. We were trained well, and eager for revenge against the hoards who caused our people such misery. [...] The Russian people were good, our fight was never with them, in fact, we maintained very good relations anywhere we went on the east front. The average soldier was forced to fight, and his will was broken very easily, because they were forced to the front, they lacked disciple, and were prone to committing crimes out of frustration. They easily turned on their own people, who they viewed as traitors; many times, we came upon villages where most all inhabitants were killed for cooperating with us especially in the [[Ukraine]]. Later they claimed we did these crimes. The [[partisans]], whom many were [[~~Jews~~]], were particularly evil, that is why most of the time, when we caught them they had to be executed. They would kill soldier, civilian, even children to get at anyone working against them. I never will forget towards the end, they captured a town, and a few of the youngsters had joined the local version of the [[Hitler Youth]], they hung every child, seven, eight, nine year olds, they hung them, and shot the parents.''		: ''I must state that they behaved impressively, the first act they did after clearing the Soviets out was hand out food and reopen our Churches. They won the admiration of the people very quickly, and of myself. I was recruited to serve in a sort of home army, to guard against the Soviets who were hiding out. The Germans quickly moved on and we were tasked with hunting down bandits. What brought me to the SS? I liked what [[Germany]] was doing for [[Europe]], and how they freed us, and allowed us to remain free; everything was for Estonia, and Europe. It was hard; I cannot down play that, we had Estonian and German instructors who drilled us at all hours of the day and night, we would march and turn in at 9pm, then they would run in banging pots and mess kits at 1am for more. We trained on German weapons mostly, but sometimes had to use captured ones as well. We drilled often, and became very proficient on all weapons. I will say they treated us as their equals however, in the SS training was learning, not being broken and humiliated. We learned to be self-reliant, as well as trust in our comrades. I want to dispel a myth some claim, we never were forced to be [[slaves]] to the [[Germans]] or [[Hitler]]. We had our own officers and leaders, and everything we were doing was for Estonia. At the end of our training, we met RFSS Himmler, he came to see our final parade, and inspect us. He spoke to us, and lamented we are on a [[holy crusade]] against eastern [[bolshevism]] which will enslave all peoples of the earth if we do not prevail. He had us ready to get at them; a great cheer went up for our cause. [...] My first actions were with the home guard, we were tasked with catching soviet soldiers, and anyone who aided them. This whole situation started with the German attack, many fled with the soviets, but some could not make it all the way. They hid in the forests and survived by stealing from farmers. They united with soviet soldiers who refused to surrender, and they roved in small bands, cutting lines, and burning bridges as they became bolder. My first action was when a band was trapped close to the border, a youngster who was sent by her parents to tell us their village was taken over tipped us off and said they killed the mayor. We surrounded it and immediately came under fire, our repeated calls for a safe surrender and assurance of POW camps were met with machine guns. We suffered our first loses. When it was all over they were all dead, they also shot down a few civilians who tried to escape when the shooting started. Most of my time in the guard was quiet even though now we roamed away from our borders, but after the [[Battle of Stalingrad\|German loss at Stalingrad]], many wanted to do more to help. Many had already went to Germany for work, or volunteered to serve in the Estonian SS legion in 1942. Early in 43 I believe was when we were given the option to serve in a new Estonian SS regiment, I was eager to go, as were my comrades, following in the footstep of other Estonian men. It did not take long for us to meet the Soviets in battle. We were trained well, and eager for revenge against the hoards who caused our people such misery. [...] The Russian people were good, our fight was never with them, in fact, we maintained very good relations anywhere we went on the east front. The average soldier was forced to fight, and his will was broken very easily, because they were forced to the front, they lacked disciple, and were prone to committing crimes out of frustration. They easily turned on their own people, who they viewed as traitors; many times, we came upon villages where most all inhabitants were killed for cooperating with us especially in the [[Ukraine]]. Later they claimed we did these crimes. The [[partisans]], whom many were [[jews]], were particularly evil, that is why most of the time, when we caught them they had to be executed. They would kill soldier, civilian, even children to get at anyone working against them. I never will forget towards the end, they captured a town, and a few of the youngsters had joined the local version of the [[Hitler Youth]], they hung every child, seven, eight, nine year olds, they hung them, and shot the parents.''

	In 1943, he voluntarily joined the Estonian Legion under Franz Xaver Josef Maria Augsberger, therefore he [[Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts\|voluntarily joined the Waffen-SS]]. Nugiseks was wounded in late 1943 but returned to combat in February 1944 near Pskov. He received the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] for leading the capture of the Vaasa-Siivertsi-Vepsküla bridgehead. As the I Battalion, Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 lost almost all of its officers, Nugiseks stepped in as the leader of the attack. He immediately changed tactics, loading the supply of hand grenade onto sledges so the attackers would not have to crawl back for the supplies over the mine field. With the hand grenades being passed on along the trenches, the bridgehead was squeezed in from the north by the "rolling" tactics. He was wounded once more.		In 1943, he voluntarily joined the Estonian Legion under Franz Xaver Josef Maria Augsberger, therefore he [[Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts\|voluntarily joined the Waffen-SS]]. Nugiseks was wounded in late 1943 but returned to combat in February 1944 near Pskov. He received the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] for leading the capture of the Vaasa-Siivertsi-Vepsküla bridgehead. As the I Battalion, Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 lost almost all of its officers, Nugiseks stepped in as the leader of the attack. He immediately changed tactics, loading the supply of hand grenade onto sledges so the attackers would not have to crawl back for the supplies over the mine field. With the hand grenades being passed on along the trenches, the bridgehead was squeezed in from the north by the "rolling" tactics. He was wounded once more.

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