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Evald Mikson (Icelandic: Eðvald Hinriksson), (12 July [O.S. 29 June] 1911 – 27 December 1993) was a goalkeeper in the Estonian national football team, winning seven caps between 1934 and 1938. ^{[citation needed]} Mikson played a controversial role as a collaborator during his service in the police^{[citation needed]} during the 1941–1944 Nazi German occupation of Estonia, and he has been accused of committing war crimes against Jews during World War II.

Evald Mikson

Personal information
Full name	Evald Mikson
Date of birth	(1911-07-12)12 July 1911 (N.S.)
Place of birth	Tartu, Estonia (then Russian Empire)
Date of death	27 December 1993(1993-12-27) (aged 82)
Place of death	Reykjavík, Iceland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1938	Estonia	7	(0)

Overview

In 2001, the Simon Wiesenthal Center published allegations that Mikson committed war crimes against the local Jews during the German occupation of Estonia, when he was working as Deputy Head of Police in Tallinn/Harjumaa. [1] Mikson's descendants have reportedly claimed that he had been at least on one occasion imprisoned by the Germans for hiding details about witnesses from his superiors, howevever records obtained by the Simon Wiesenthal Center indicate that he was actually detained for possessing gold stolen from his Jewish victims.[1]

Mikson escaped from Estonia to Sweden in 1944. In 1946, he was transported to the Norwegian border, where a boat to Venezuela waited. However, the boat was stranded in Iceland, and he remained there until his death.[2][3]

Mikson himself claimed in 1992 that he was being called a Nazi collaborator and war criminal because of a "former colleague from the Estonian police force who is now a rich man living in Venezuela and who wanted revenge after I wrote an article about him and his crimes against Estonians in World War II".[4]

In 1999, the Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity singled out Mikson, along with Ain-Ervin Mere, Julius Ennok and Ervin Viks, for having signed numerous death warrants when they were members of the Political Police (Department B IV), headed by Ennok.[5]

Family

Mikson was the father of Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, who played for Celtic F.C. in the 1970s, and of Atli Eðvaldsson, s former player for Borussia Dortmund, and player and coach for the Icelandic national football team.[6]

References

External links

• "WIESENTHAL CENTER WELCOMES ESTONIAN HISTORICAL COMMISSION FINDINGS WHICH CONFIRM HOLOCAUST CRIMES OF EVALD MIKSON". News Releases. Simon Wiesenthal Center. 21 June 2001. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
• Iceland, the Jews, and Anti-Semitism, 1625-2004

На других языках

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[de] Evald Mikson

Evald Mikson (später isländisch: Eðvald Hinriksson, * 29. Junijul. / 12. Juli 1911greg. in Tartu; † 27. Dezember 1993 in Reykjavík) war ein Torhüter in der estnischen Fußballnationalmannschaft zwischen 1934 und 1939 und stellvertretender Polizeichef der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn während des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

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- [en] Evald Mikson

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[it] Evald Mikson

Evald Mikson (Tartu, 12 luglio 1911 – Reykjavík, 27 dicembre 1993) è stato un criminale di guerra e calciatore estone naturalizzato islandese, di ruolo portiere.

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[ru] Миксон, Эвальд

Эвальд Миксон (эст. Evald Mikson; 12 июля 1911, Тарту, Эстляндская губерния, Российская империя — 27 декабря 1993, Рейкьявик, Исландия) — эстонский футболист, сыграл 7 матчей за сборную Эстонии на позиции вратаря.

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