Edgar de Wahl
In August 1945  of the Germans still living in Estonia by the NKVD took place. The list of people to be deported included 's name. At the time of the deportation, however,  was among a dozen people who were not deported or whose whereabouts could not be determined. Although the reasons for 's escape are not known,  in some cases the head of the task force that carried out the deportation made the decision not to take the seriously ill or disabled, so the decision may have been influenced by the opinion of the hospital staff. Therefore, it was his presence in a mental hospital that saved de Wahl for a second time.