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Data on six Finnish concentration camps that existed during the years of World War II in Karelia was first published by the Federal Security Service Directorate for the Republic of Karelia. About 25 thousand people were imprisoned in the camps located in Petrozavodsk, RIA Novosti reports.
The published information reveals that the first of six camps was opened in Petrozavodsk in October 1941. Documents describe the daily camp life of prisoners, full of atrocities of the administration and warders, humiliation and hunger. The most common punishment in the camps was beating. In the submitted copies of the papers you can find the names of the camp leaders and traitors.
The Russian Ministry of Defense, the Federal Security Service of Russia and other agencies regularly declassify the data relating to the Great Patriotic War. Meanwhile, many foreign archives remain classified. According to historian Mikhail Suprun, about 90% of documents about events at the front and rear during World War II in the north remain inaccessible to historians and the general reader.
For example, the historian notes, data on Norwegian partisans and Soviet prisoners of war in Norway is classified. According to Mikhail Suprun, the publication of archives is not planned in foreseeable future in Germany, Finland, the UK and the USA.
Russkiy Mir
