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activities of Rikards group, thereby contributing to its downfall.
Rugens was blamed for being too indiscreet and too trusting toward
Popovs an SD informant. In the end of 1944 or beginning of 1945s
Rugens helped to organize the Kurzeme Partisans. Idter the end of
the war, Rugens returned to Riga where he lived with his father on
HIERA iela (street). Rugens father was a foreman at the rubber fac-
tory Varenis. In 1948 Valdemars stated that he met RugenS I 'wife in
Ventspils after the war in 1945. She informed Valdemars that her
husband had turned communist. Regarding this, Hahn expressed his
doubts to Valdemar, who agreet, that no doubt Rugens had been able
to cover himself well and that his wife's statements were probably
prejudiced because Hugens had deserted her.
91. i(Prenner, fnu(lst Lt.))
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Was chief of the SD unit in Valmiera from 1943 to the middle of
1914, at which time he was transferred to position of chief of the
Talsi SD unit. Premier gained fame as a very brutal individual, whose•
milt was later called MORDRCHMANDO PRIMER (Murder Detail., Premier):
After the cessation of:hostilities Premier and his wait hid in the .
wood's in the vicinity of Alsung, 'Aare they were shortly surrounded
by the Russians who killed them all except Johann Burda, who gie true •
• last name is not known, but whose real first name was Rana. •
92. lanisAbalins
•'• Is now in Austral-lap:was a former Latvian champion speed-walker who
, still holds several world speed‘Walking records. Was possibly a
member , of the 'Perkankorts (Swastika League).
.93., Dzenitis; froi6Lt. Col.))
in ].91I14 With the Germans' permishica was the head of the reactivated
"Aissargu" onanitation. In the fall of 1944,• he maintained
staff in Kursamme tried to get to Sweden but he was
not success/UV in this, since in .COSILlection with the transferral Of
the leadership -of the L.C.P., he had been:designated an undesirable
person in Sweden. After the capitulation, he worked as a brewery
worker near Valens, using another wale.
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'Wee a barrister at law. During the German oCcupatian was a member ' • •
of the IISS" .,Court. After the nAissargio _organisatimi were readtivated
in 391114, he •waa the commanding officer of the Ccemmunioation BattaliOn , •
" of the 5th Riga regiment, of rnAismaargi." 'As such, he was formally opii;-
sidered the chief of the PPS“ but actually he was not: After the •
fall of Riga in the fall of 1944, he appeared in Liepaja where he - • '
issued the newspaper (fatherland). Be tried to assume the,
task of directing the organizing of partisans but ran up against the ,
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