List of massacres in the Finnish Civil War

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This is a list of massacres during or immediately after the Finnish Civil War. The Finnish Civil War was a conflict in 1918, which killed more than 38,000 people (about one percent of the country's population), of whom 1,650 were victims of Red Terror, and over 10,000 of White Terror.[1]

Event Estimated deaths Date Perpetrators Notes
15 31 January Red Guards [2]
17 1 February Red Guards [3]
Lottery of Huruslahti 90 February (after Battle of Varkaus) White Guard The name lottery refers to the alleged logic of executing one in 10 of the accused.
11 6 February Red Guards [4]
Haaga executions 45 12 April Baltic Sea Division The only massacre by the German troops in Finland.
22 19 April Red Guards [5]
30+ 27 – 28 April Red Guards [6]
Vyborg massacre 360-420 28 April – 3 May White Guard Victims were predominantly Russian.
70-80 April – May White Guard [7]
200-500 April – May White Guard [8]
40+ April – May White Guard [9]
Tampere executions Hundreds April – May White Guard
222 April – May Red Guards, White Guard Both sides committed executions in the area.
120 Red Guards, White Guard Finnish wikipedia
36 1 May White Guard [10]
7 2 May White Guard The executed included a White Guard lawyer defending the accused.
62+ 2 May – 26 May White Guard Finnish wikipedia
Harmoinen sick room mass murder 13 10 May White Guard Victims were hospital patients.
16 May Red Guards [11]
80+ May White Guard [12]
Perttula executions 30-40 18 – 20 May White Guard

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References[]

  1. ^ "Finnish Civil War 1918 | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)". encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  2. ^ "Suinulan verilöyly oli sisällissodan ensimmäinen joukkoteloitus – Tampereen Pyrinnön puheenjohtaja surmattiin Kangasalla". www.aamulehti.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. ^ vesa.valtonen@media.fi. "Harva vihtiläinen todisti teloituksia 1.2.1918". Vihdin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. ^ Tikka, Juha-Pekka (2018-05-02). "Punaisen terrorin ajan joukkomurhaa koulun pihalla seurasi paljon yleisöä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. ^ Korjus, Olli (2020). Kuusi kuolemaantuomittua (in Finnish). Atena. ISBN 978-952-300-048-3. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. ^ Marttinen, Seppo (2018-04-24). Viipurin lääninvankila 1917 - 1918 (in Finnish). BoD - Books on Demand. ISBN 978-952-80-0067-9. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  7. ^ "Silmitöntä tappamista ja teloituksia tapulissa – Vuoden 1918 terrori kauhistuttaa Jämsässä edelleen". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  8. ^ "Työväenmuseo Werstas". www.tkm.fi. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  9. ^ Oy, I.-Mediat. "Paukanevalla teloitettiin yli 40 ihmistä vuonna 1918". Ilkka (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  10. ^ "Työväenmuseo Werstas". www.tkm.fi. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  11. ^ "Vuoden 1918 verisen kevään jäljet näkyvät Noormarkun ruukkialueella edelleen – "näin sen löydön jälkeen painajaisia"". www.satakunnankansa.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  12. ^ riitta.suomalainen@media.fi. "Tästä alkoi valkoisten kosto 1918: Laittomat teloitukset taistelun jälkeen veivät hautaan kymmenittäin antautuneita". Vantaan Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2019-12-31.


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