Arnold Susi

Arnold Susi
Born	January 4, 1896 North Caucasus
Died	May 29, 1968 (aged 72) Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality	Estonia
Occupation	Lawyer
Known for	The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Arnold Susi (4 January 1896 in North Caucasus – 29 May 1968 Tallinn) was a lawyer and the Minister of Education in the Estonian Otto Tief's government established on 18 September 1944 during WWII.^[1] He befriended Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Soviet prison. When writing the "Gulag Archipelago" Solzhenitsyn hid in his countryhouse in Estonia. ^[2] He has also written down his memories from days of WW1 in book "Doom of the Russian Empire" (in Estonian: "Vene impeeriumi hukk"), which he wrote while in Abakan

References

1. "The heads of state celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the establishment of Otto Tief’s government". The Government of the Republic of Estonia. 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
2. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (1997). Invisible Allies. Basic Books. pp. 46–64 The Estonians. ISBN 978-1-887178-42-6.