Thread: Research on the Finnish Civil War

Hi Andrew,

I've read up on the finnish civil war and other parts of history. I think yes the war did help alot.

From what my friends told me the Reds were farm labourers and factory workers etc. They generally had little education and low literacy rates. So even though they were the Reds, they knew little about Communism and hoped only for improvement in their situation.

The movie "Ambush" or Rukajärven tie has a scene where some men are arguing over the Reds V Whites.

Rukajärven tie (1999)

It was quite a violent time in Finland, there is still alot of shame about how the reds where treated, there are some movies about it that I won't send you links to as they are quite brutal and not suitable for a high school students.

There is a book and a newly released movie based on it called "Taalla pohjantahden alla", the book is written by Vaino Linna. That would be a good source of information for your project, there are two books afterwards about the main family involved.

Täällä Pohjantähden alla (2009)