Hennala camp
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Hennala camp was a concentration camp operating from the beginning of May 1918 to 15 September 1918 in the Hennala Garrison in Lahti, Finland. It was set up for the Reds captured by the White Army aft
Women inmates in Hennala.
Executed women in Hennala
Ali Aaltonen
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Aleksi "Ali" Aaltonen was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from November 1917 to the end of
Hennala camp
…in eugenics. For him, the Red women represented the lowest category of society. One of the executed male fighters was the Red Guard commander-in-chief Ali Aaltonen who was shot by Kalm himself. The killed Reds were buried into a mass grave in the Mustankallio Cemetery. The first memorial was erected secretly in…
A 1916 sketch of Ali Aaltonen