Smugglers, spies & escapes · 1953
Agent 'Aus' and the killings near Elva
In 1953 Vladimir Penart headed the Elva district office of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. On 23 June 1953 he met in Elva a man who was himself hiding from the law, recruited him as an agent-killer with the code name 'Aus' and gave him a TT pistol and 16 cartridges. On 3 August 'Aus' shot a man who had been hiding from the occupation authorities. Information from the agent then led to two 'Chekist operations' at farms in Palupera parish, in September 1953 and February 1954, in which two more hiding men were killed without resisting; Penart fired shots himself in the second. In 2002 a court in Valga convicted Penart of crimes against humanity.
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1953. aastal juhtis Vladimir Penart Eesti NSV Siseministeeriumi Elva rajooniosakonda. 23. juunil 1953 kohtus ta Elvas mehega, kes ise varjas end kriminaalvastutuse eest, värbas ta mõrvaragendiks varjunimega „Aus“ ning andis talle TT-püstoli ja 16 padrunit. 3. augustil tappis „Aus“ okupatsioonivõimude eest varjunud mehe. Agendi andmete põhjal korraldati seejärel 1953. aasta septembris ja 1954. aasta veebruaris Palupera valla taludes kaks „tšekistlikku operatsiooni“, milles tapeti veel kaks vastupanu mitte osutanud varjajat; teisel korral tulistas Penart ise. 2002. aastal mõistis Valga maakohus Penarti süüdi inimsusvastastes kuritegudes.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Vladimir Penart; Estonian Internal Security Service yearbook 2001. ↗