He was a member of the Estonian Security Police (Group B of the Sicherheitspolizei) under the Estonian Self-Administration and participated in the Holocaust. In July 1941 Mere surrendered himself to the German military. In recognition of his performance Mere was appointed the director of a special department of the Estonian Rifle Corps. Mere's reports on the resettlement of Baltic Germans and the exposure of underground Estonian organisations reached the desk of Lavrenti Beria. In early 1919, Mere was wounded while serving on an armored train and was sent to the rear.Īccording to the KGB archives, he was drafted as an agent of NKVD in 1940–1941. He was born in Vändra and fought voluntarily in the Estonian War of Independence. During the German occupation of Estonia, he served in the German-controlled Estonian Security Police and SD. Ain Mere (from birth to Estification Ervin Martson 22 February 1903 – 5 April 1969) was an Estonian military officer in World War II.
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