Back Østkarelske koncentrationslejre Danish Campos de concentración del Este de Carelia Spanish Itä-Karjalan keskitysleirit Finnish מחנות הריכוז הפיניים במזרח קרליה HE Østkarelske interneringsleirer NB Финские концлагеря на оккупированной территории Карело-Финской ССР Russian
East Karelian concentration camps were a set of concentration camps operated by the Finnish government[clarification needed] in the areas of the Soviet Union occupied by the Finnish military administration during the Continuation War .The camps were intended to hold Russian detainees for future exchange with the Finnic population from the rest of Russia. The mortality rate of civilians in the camps was high due to famine and disease.[1]
- ^ Kinnunen, Tiina; Kivimäki, Ville (2011-11-25). Finland in World War II: History, Memory, Interpretations. BRILL. p. 389. ISBN 978-90-04-20894-0.