How did Finland treat Jewish locals during WWII?
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Jewish men served in the Finnish military like all the other Finnish men (and some volunteers), many Jewish women served as volunteers in the Lotta Svärd organization or as nurses etc. The civilians continued their lives as best as they could, considering the fact that the country was at war against the Soviet Union.
http://www15.uta.fi/FAST/FIN/HIST/tv-jews.html
Edit: One should first know if there were any Jews in those areas, alive. The best guess is that only a small number if any, considering Stalin's Purges in the area (and there were not that many of them in the first place). If they were Russian Jews, they would have been treated as other Russians.
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There was no restrictions on the civil liberties of Finnish Jews. Nazi Germany requested for the handing over of Finnish Jews, but Finnish leader C.G.Mannerheim refused.
350 Jews fought in the Finnish army on the German side. Several Jewish officers would have received the Iron Cross but refused. Finnish army also had a field synagogue.
Finland handed over eight Jewish refugees to Nazi Germany. Seven of these refugees were killed in concentration camps. On the other hand 500 Jewish refugees were granted asylum.
At least 500 Jewish or Communist prisoners of war were handed over to the Germans to be executed. Einsatzkommando Finnland was active in Northern Finland.
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