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Excavations started at place of camp for Soviet prisoners of war in Finland

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Excavations started at place of camp for Soviet prisoners of war in Finland


09.08.2017

Oula Seitsonen
Excavations at the place of camp for captive Soviet soldiers started in Yle Lahti, Finland, as per Yle website. Local historians and scientists as well as researchers and experts from other countries supervise the works.

German concentration camp was located at Yle Lahti during World War II. The captive Soviet soldiers were building roads and were engaged in timber works there.

Finnish historian Lars Westerlund noticed that this camp was referred to as Polarstraflager in all German written sources. It was a penalty camp for Soviet Jew soldiers. The survivors recollect that the Jews were accommodated separately from the rest of the soldiers. Germans treated them very rudely.

The current excavation works are supported by the Finnish Academy of Science. The scientists hope that the conducted works would give insight into the fate of little-known Jews who served in the Red Army.

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