Ants Kaljurand

Ants Kaljurand (20 October 1917 – 13 March 1951) popularly known as Terrifying Ants, , was an Estonian anti-communist, and forest brother during and after World War II.

Early life Ants Kaljurand was born on 20 October 1917 in Tallinn.

Partisan life Kaljurand joined the Forest Brothers and in the summer of 1941, attacked Soviet forces in Lääne and Pärnu Counties. After the retreat of the Germans in 1944, he remained a prisoner of war on Saaremaa, but escaped from the prison camp in December of the same year and continued his activities in the Forest Brothers.

On 24 June 1949 Ants Kaljurand and two members of his squad were discovered sleeping in the woods near the village of Võitra. Forest Brother Aleksander Valter and Arved Pill were seriously wounded in an exchange of fire. Ants tried to escape, but was wounded with a bayonet and captured.

Kaljurand, Pill and Juhan Metsaäär were sentenced to death, others to from ten to twenty-five years in a prison camp. They were executed on 13 March 1951.

Memorial On 10 July 2011 a memorial stone commemorating Ants Kaljurand was unveiled at the Mihkli Church in Koonga Parish, Pärnu County, at the initiative of the Estonian Defense League.