JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish Finns who fought alongside Germans in WWII #general
Peter Lebensold <peterlebensold@...>
Fascinating article in Sunday's London Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/museums/10682975/The-Jews-who-fought-for-Hitler-We-did-not-help-the-Germans.-We-had-a-common-enemy.html TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/n59xvdb The newspaper's headline has it wrong: These people weren't fighting *for* Hitler but *against* Finland's long-time enemy Russia/Soviet Union. But the fact is that, seeing themselves as Finns first and Jews second, more than 300 Finnish Jews apparently fought alongside German troops against the Soviet Union. In fact, according to this article, three Jews were even awarded the Iron Cross! Nor do they seem to have hidden the fact of their Jewishness. Surnames mentioned in the article are: SKURNICK, LIVSON, KLASS, the nurses STEINBOCK and POLJAKOFF, and the four brothers BLANKETT. Peter Lebensold Toronto
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