Artur Sirk

Artur Sirk ( born September 25, 1900 in Lehtse in Tapa, Estonia; † August 2, 1937 in Echternach, Luxembourg ) was an Estonian politician and military.

Sirk came from the rural county Järva. As a soldier, he took part in the Estonian War of Independence. He remained until 1926, then became a lawyer and soldier in Tallinn. In 1929 he founded an advocacy of former soldiers, from which originated the Estonian Confederation of freedom fighters. His speech at the meeting of this organization in 1932 paved the way for a transformation into a political party that sought a presidential system of government and thus an authoritarian state through a referendum. The group was successful after regional elections in 1933 just before the seizure of power, but was banned in 1934 by Konstantin Pats. Sirk was able to escape his arrest by fleeing to Finland, where he had allies in the Lapua Movement. He then settled in Luxembourg. The return to Estonia was denied because of two failed coup attempts in 1934 and 1935 its movement.

Sirk died after falling from a hotel in Echternach window. Estonian historians, including Puszta and Tomingas accused government agents of the Pats Defenestration, although the local police went out in Luxembourg by a suicide. The historian Reinhart Marandi suspected Sirk wanted to escape out the window.

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• Politicians (Estonia)
• Military person (Estonia)
• Support of freedom Cross
• Born 1900
• Died in 1937
• Man