After he was killed by Bolsheviks during the Eastern Front, Latvian SS had considered him to be a martyr and in response had gave him a Orthodox style funeral.
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In the fight for Latvia, on February 1, 1944, my beloved husband, father, son, and brother, Latvian volunteer of the 4th Legion, Obersturmführer
KONSTANTĪNS LOŽENICINS
born on July 16, 1908, in Riga, passed away from wounds sustained in the East.
His funeral will take place on February 7 of this year at 12 PM from the Riga Orthodox Cathedral to the Brothers' Cemetery.
He will be forever remembered by his son, wife, parents, brother with his family in Liepāja, godmother, and other relatives, as well as former officers and senior service instructors of the 9th Rēzekne Infantry Regiment in their homeland and on the front.
"Better for me to fall in battle than to be cast aside.
Great men fell in war, small ones were set aside."
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14. September 1941
"One achieves great things only through courage. With this assurance, and with the firm determination to strike everyone who stands in the way, one can defy hell and the Devil."
-Frederick the Great.
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Crown Prince Wilhelm & Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the deceased’s parents and Field Marshal von Mackensen can be seen in the first photo.
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Initially serving as a lieutenant in the Polish Army, he first fought against the Germans before joining the Polish underground. However, he was later expelled due to his wartime conduct and anti-Jewish activities.
Following this, he aligned himself with the Gestapo and the SS, he had made his own organization ''Tom's Organization'' which was connected with Holy Cross Brigade, although it was skeptical of German activities due to land disputes it did not see to merge with Home Army.
His death is currently unknown.
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