Otto Koslovski

Otto Koslovski was an Estonian Rom, born on 10 August 1924 (place of birth unknown). He lived in Kurna parish, Haapsalu province. On 24 September 1943, the Estonian Security Police apprehended Koslovski in Ridala parish near the city of Haapsalu. By that time, three-quarters of the Roma in German-occupied Estonia had already been murdered. Koslovski explained that he did not have ID papers and that he was moving around Lääne province doing occasional farm work. He was confined in Haapsalu prison, awaiting transfer onward to Tallinn Central Prison. The last available information about Koslovski is that on 23 December 1943 he was transferred to Murru prison. His case confirms that, as far as Roma were concerned, the ultimate decision—made on racial grounds—lay with the German Security Police (Sipo).