List of massacres in the Finnish Civil War information
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
Suinula massacre
15
31 January
Red Guards
[2][3][4]
Vihti executions
17
1 February
Red Guards
[5]
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.
Pori Lyceum massacre
11
6 February
Red Guards
[6]
Haaga executions
45
12 April
Baltic Sea Division
The only massacre by the German troops in Finland.
Kuurila train murders
22
19 April
Red Guards
[7]
Vyborg provincial prison massacre
30+
27 – 28 April
Red Guards
[8]
Vyborg massacre
360-420
28 April – 3 May
White Guard
Victims were predominantly Russian.
Jämsä executions
70-80
April – May
White Guard
[9]
Hollola executions
200-500
April – May
White Guard
[10]
Paukaneva executions
40+
April – May
White Guard
[11]
Tampere executions
Hundreds
April – May
White Guard
Toijala executions
222
April – May
Red Guards, White Guard
Both sides committed executions in the area.
Kouvola and Koria massacres
120
Red Guards, White Guard
Finnish wikipedia
Valkeakoski female guard executions
36
1 May
White Guard
[12]
Jakobstad executions
7
2 May
White Guard
The executed included a White Guard lawyer defending the accused.
Västankvarn executions
62+
2 May – 26 May
White Guard
Finnish wikipedia
Harmoinen sick room mass murder
13
10 May
White Guard
Victims were hospital patients.
Koliahde massacre
16
May
Red Guards
[13]
Länkipohja massacre
80+
May
White Guard
[14]
Perttula executions
30-40
18 – 20 May
White Guard
[15]
^"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.
^"Suinulan verilöyly oli sisällissodan ensimmäinen joukkoteloitus – Tampereen Pyrinnön puheenjohtaja surmattiin Kangasalla". www.aamulehti.fi (in Finnish). 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
^"Suinulan surujuhla: Sankarivainajien patsas noussut 15 v:n kuluttua verilöylystä". Hakkapeliitta (in Finnish) (5): 13. January 31, 1933.
^Kurkinen, Janne. "Suomi 1917-1918 - Suinulan verilöyly". Tuni.fi (in Finnish). Tampere University. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
^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.
^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.
^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.
^"Silmitöntä tappamista ja teloituksia tapulissa – Vuoden 1918 terrori kauhistuttaa Jämsässä edelleen". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 11 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^"Työväenmuseo Werstas". www.tkm.fi. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^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.
^"Työväenmuseo Werstas". www.tkm.fi. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^"Vuoden 1918 verisen kevään jäljet näkyvät Noormarkun ruukkialueella edelleen – "näin sen löydön jälkeen painajaisia"". www.satakunnankansa.fi (in Finnish). 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
^riitta.suomalainen@media.fi (12 February 2018). "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.
^Ojanne, Jaakko (May 25, 2018). "Nurmijärvellä muistettiin sadan vuoden takaista tragediaa sovinnollisessa hengessä" (in Finnish). Kansan Uutiset. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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