Biography
Alliksaar (formerly Alnek) attended an elementary school in Tartu in 1931. In 1937 he was accepted to Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, after which he worked at railways like his father for a short period of time in 1942. In that same year he started to study law in Tartu University.
1943–1944 he served voluntarily in the Estonian Legion of Waffen-SS. He fought in 1944 on theEastern Front against the Red Army and when Soviets occupied Estonia, he spent some time as aForest Brother.
Later he came back to Tartu and again worked as a railway worker. In 1949 Alliksaar was imprisoned by Soviet authorities on charges of misuse of position. However, the charges were questionable and poet himself considered the reason for his imprisonment political. In 1954 another charge was added: betrayal of homeland. After his release in 1957 Alliksaar was prohibited to return to Estonia and he lived in Vologda oblast. He secretly returned to Tartu in 1958. Back at home he worked in brewery, construction and at railways and dedicated himself to creative activities.
Artur Alliksaar lived through many hardships. He was repressed and defamed by authorities of this era. His house burned to the ground and he was forced to live in dirt-floored shed or garage. His wife and son were suffering pneumonia.
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