purplekaworu t1_j9uvspy wrote on February 24, 2023 at 6:56 PM

he's literally a fucking nazi. why should he be commemorated?

vampirevlord t1_j9wec9j wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:07 AM

He did join the Waffen SS. However, the Finns have somewhat of an unfortunate history between themselves, the USSR and Nazi Germany. The USSR invaded Finland during the Winter War, so when Germany invaded the USSR many Finns signed up as a means of fighting back against the Soviets, this was called the Continuation War. The Finns did eventually switch sides to the allies, but the Finnish-German cooperation was born out of a common enemy.

aprofondir t1_j9xw8ue wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:26 AM

Relativising Nazis to own the commies - never change Reddit

vampirevlord t1_j9yjcep wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:40 PM

I'm biracial and my biological father fought in WW2 against the Nazis. There is no love or sympathy for Nazis from me. I am merely explaining how things came to be for Finland.

purplekaworu t1_ja0qi4n wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:48 PM

dude i dont think most finns joined the literal waffen ss

vampirevlord t1_ja0ssci wrote on February 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

All Finnish volunteers were placed with the SS and not with the Wehrmacht Forming the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS and the Finnish SS-Company

https://www.feldgrau.com/ww2-german-wehrmacht-finnish-volunteers/