Published: 25 December 2010
Last Updated: 05 May 2013
The Estnische SS-Freiwilligen Brigade was formed when Estnische SS-Legion was upgraded in May 1943.
It was redesignated 3. Estnische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade in October 1943.
Commander
SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Augsberger (? May 1943 – 22 Oct 1943)
Sources used
Christopher Ailsby – Hitler’s Renegades: Foreign nationals in the service of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn – Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, vol 4
Kurt Mehner – Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-1945
Rolf Michaelis – Estländare i tysk tjänst 1941-1945: en översikt
Reference material on this unit
August Jurs – Estonian freedomfighters in World War Two
Mart Laar – Eesti Leegion: sönas ja pildis / The Estonian legion in words and pictures
Richard Landwehr – Estonian Vikings
Rolf Michaelis – Esten in der Waffen-SS: Die 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1)
