TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Finland has commissioned an investigation to find out whether a Finnish volunteer battalion serving within Nazi Germany's notorious Waffen-SS committed atrocities during World War II.
The government says the investigation will be conducted by Finland's National Archives and is to be completed by the end of November.
It said Thursday the probe is being launched following a request in January by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem to Finland's President Sauli Niinisto.
Following the bitter Winter War during 1939-40 against the Soviet Union, Finland became part of an alliance with Nazi Germany.
Finnish troops fought alongside Wehrmacht soldiers following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
A volunteer Finnish SS battalion was formed in 1941 within the SS Wiking division and operated on the Eastern Front until 1943.
Finland to probe role of SS volunteers in WWII atrocities
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Finland to probe role of SS volunteers in WWII atrocities
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Re: Finland to probe role of SS volunteers in WWII atrocities
A report of the involvement of Finnish SS men in the killing of Jews, civilians and prisoners of war in the period 1941–1943 has been submitted to the Prime Minister's Office
- The report is available for downloading on the website of the National Archives of Finland. Lars Westerlund - The Finnish SS-Volunteers and Atrocities 1941-1943
- The report is available for downloading on the website of the National Archives of Finland. Lars Westerlund - The Finnish SS-Volunteers and Atrocities 1941-1943
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Re: Finland to probe role of SS volunteers in WWII atrocities
Additional material on National Archives web page, like "Report on Dutch sources concerning the involvement of the SS-Division ”Wiking” in war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Summer of 1941".
https://www.arkisto.fi/news/2310/61/Sel ... -19411943/
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Additional material after the release of the Finnish language edition in December 2019.
https://arkisto.fi/news/2312/3728/The-F ... htaista-en
Lecture by André Swanström in Finnish: SS-miehet - myytti ja uudet tulkinnat (SS men - the myth and new interpretations).
https://fb.watch/4oIM84-U05/
https://arkisto.fi/news/2312/3728/The-F ... htaista-en
Lecture by André Swanström in Finnish: SS-miehet - myytti ja uudet tulkinnat (SS men - the myth and new interpretations).
https://fb.watch/4oIM84-U05/