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EST: Georg Gold sündis Pööravere vallas 1884 aastal. Peale haridusteed viis tema tutvus helilooja Rimski –Korsakovi vennaga teda elama Venemaale, Irkutski kubermangu, olles seal Kirenski linnapea aastatel 1918 -1919.
Võitlus punaste vastu linnapeana viis haavata saamiseni ja lõpuks vangistuseni. Peale kolme kuud vangistust Kirenskis mõisteti ta surma. Hukkamisele viies õnnestus tal aga kahe püssimehe vahelt põgeneda ning kaduda öisesse metsa. Järgnesid esimesed metsavenna-aastad Venemaal. Esialgu oma kodus, elades lisavaheseina taga ja vaatamata 26 läbiotsimisele teda ei leitud.
Peale sundüürnike sissekolimist ja seina lammutamist tuli jätkata metsas koopas. Siiski ta reedeti ning peale nelja metsavenna-aastat viidi taaskord Irkutski vanglasse ja mõisteti teist korda surma. Sedapuhku päästis teda Eesti Vabariigi kodaniku staatus ja ta vahetati välja Eestis surma mõistetud Venemaa kodaniku vastu.
1930 aastal sai temast linnaelanike seas väga armastatud Põltsamaa linnapea kuni 1940 aastani. Sel ajastul eestistas ta ka oma nime Koldiks.
Järgnesid metsavenna-aastad Pärnumaal, põhjuseks hirm Siberis tehtud surmaotsuse täideviimise ees. Saksa okupatsiooni saabudes võitles ta metsavennana oma grupi eesotsas taaskord punaste vastu, lõpuks liikudes Põltsamaale ning saades teistkordselt Põltsamaa linnapeaks. Olles linnapea Saksa okupatsiooni ajal, läksid aga Koldi vaated valitsejate vaadetega lahku ning ta vangistati kolmandat korda... ning mõisteti surma. Surmaotsuse täideviimisest päästis seekord varasem aktiivne võitlus punaste vastu, otsus asendati vangistusega.
1944 aastal, Nõukogude vägede saabumisega, õnnestus tal taaskord vanglast põgeneda ja Kold asus oma kolmandale metsavennaperioodile. Taaskord peitis ta ennast Tootsi lähedal metsa rajatud punkris.
Lõpp saabus sellele kirevale elule 8. juulil 1948. Georg Kold sängitati tema punkri ette, metsavendade poolt tehti talle isegi kirst ning kõlasid aupaugud. Puusse täkiti rist ning initsiaalid.
Punkri võtsid hiljem üle teised metsavennad, kes ka paraku samal aastal samas kohas hukkusid. Üks neist on maetud lähedusse.
Pikemalt tema elust saab lugeda siit : http://muuseum.viljandimaa.ee/aastaraamat/2008/raudla.pdf
ENG: Georg Gold was born in 1883. After his education, his acquaintance with the brother of composer Rimsky-Korsakov took him to live in Russia, Irkutsk province, being the mayor of Kirensk there in 1918-1919.
The fight against the Reds as a mayor led to being wounded and eventually imprisonment. He was sentenced to death after three months in prison in Kirensk. However, when he was led to his execution, he managed to escape two gunmen and disappear into forest. First years of forest brotherhood in Russia followed. He was living in his previous home behind an additional wall and despite 26 searches, he was not found. After new forced tenants moved in and wall was demolished, he had to continue in cave. He was betrayed and after four years in the forest, he was taken to the Irkutsk prison and sentenced to death for the second time. Yet he was saved - this time by being a citizen of Republic of Estonia. He was exchanged with Russian citizen sentenced to death in Estonia.
1930 he became much-loved mayor of Põltsamaa until 1940 and he changed his name to Kold.
Due fear of execution sentence made in Siberia, another years of forest brotherhood followed. When German occupation arrived, he fought again as leader of his group of forest brothers against the Reds. Eventually he moved back to Põltsamaa and become mayor of Põltsamaa for the second time. As mayor during German occupation, Kold's views diverged from the rulers and he was imprisoned for the third time ... and sentenced to death. This time previous active fight against the Reds saved him from execution and sentence was replaced with imprisonment.
In 1944 with arrival of Soviet troops, he managed to escape from prison again and Kold entered his third forest brotherhood years. Once again, he hid in a bunker built in forest near Tootsi.
End of this varied life came on July 8, 1948. Georg Kold was buried in front of his bunker, he was even given a coffin by forest brothers and salute of guns were heard. A cross and initials were engraved on the tree.
The bunker was later taken over by other forest brothers, who unfortunately died in same place in same year. One of them is buried nearby.