Looking back
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Kalevi Mikkonen's map of German war sites is featured at the "Wir Waren Freunde" exhibit in Rovaniemi. -
Finnish ornaments were engraved with Nazi insignia during the war. -
In this photo, Finnish children can be seen playing with German soldiers. -
Nazi propaganda newspapers, published in Finnish, restricted access to information about what was happening in the rest of Europe. -
Many Finnish women became involved with German soldiers, though those relationships often ended in heartbreak. -
These matchboxes stirred up controversy when the museum started distributing them to advertise the exhibit. -
Around Rovaniemi, some German structures, like this bunker, have remained almost completely intact. -
Elsewhere, only the foundations of German buildings remain. -
An exploded bomb shell sits by the side of a road. After the war, unexploded shells and mines were found all around Rovaniemi.
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