“The Finnish SS-Volunteers and Atrocities 1941-1943 — Against Jews, Civilians and Prisoners of War in Ukraine and the Caucasus Region 1941-1943”
In the spring of 1941, Finland began to recruit volunteers to serve in the German Waffen-SS. After the perils of the Winter War of 1939-40, the Finnish government and the military high command wanted support against the continuing existential threat posed by the Soviet Union, even in the wake of the signing of the Moscow […]