The children in the photo were imprisoned due to their ethnicity - Russian. They were victims of ethnic cleansing.

More info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Karelian_concentration_camps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War-responsibility_trials_in_Finland

https://www.histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/cou/fin/cw/cw-kz.html

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=176121

https://catflag.wordpress.com/2018/06/10/finland-in-wwii-the-democratic-axis-power/

  • a_jug_of_marx_piss [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Thousands of them died, wanna guess whether this is mentioned in Finnish history classes?

    The greatest gift Finland was ever given was when the Soviet Union banned fascist organizations here in the peace treaty.