August Maramaa (before 1922 August Marfeldt; 6 April 1881 Aakre Parish,

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– 26 December 1941 Vyatski Prison Camp, Kirov, Russia) was an

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n politician, teacher and mayor of Viljandi from 1919-1921 and 1927-1939. He graduated in 1902. He worked as a teacher and school leader in Viljandi Country and Viljandi. He published mathematics textbooks. He was a member of

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. On 15 September, he resigned his position and he was replaced by Aleksander Tulp. Maramaa was Mayor of

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from 1919 until 1921, and again from 1927 until 1939. On January 8 1941 he was arrested by the

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and deported to the Vyatski Prison Camp in Kirov, Russia, where he died on December 26th the same year.

Personal

Maramaa married Anna Roosson in 1909 (Anna Maramma, deported in June 1941) and had five children. His son Harri Haamer was a teacher at St. Jacob's Congregation, Tartu Paulus Congregation, Tarvastu Peetri Congregation and Kõpu Peetri Congregations. His grandson Eenok Haamer is a teacher at Mustvee and Lohusuu Congregations and his granddaughter Maarja Haamer-Render is an Estonian signer. His brother was the chemist Jaan Maramaa.

Recognition

* 1938 Order of the Estonian Red Cross III class

Commemoration

A sculpture of August Maramaa was opened next to Viljandi Town Hall in 2007. August Maramaa Puiestee (Boulevard) is also located in Viljandi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maramaa, August 1881 births 1941 deaths Estonian schoolteachers Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag Mayors of places in Estonia People from Elva Parish