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My grandfather served as a 17-year old volunteer in air defense at his home town Turku in Russo-Finnish Winter war 1939-1940. At Spring 1941 Germans recruited with aid of Finnish government men to serve as a volunteer in Waffen-SS and he was one of them who was accepted to serve in Finnish SS-battalion. Only about 30% of men who wanted to join was taken and Finns chose those men because their good fit and not because their political opinions as Germans first wanted. Battalion was trained in Germany and sent to the Ukraine as a part of the 5.SS-division "Wiking". Every men had two-year contract so they fought in Ukraine and Caucasus until spring 1943 when battalion was transferred back to Germany and again to Finland where it was disbanded in July 1943. My grandfather wounded twice in battles around Malgobek in October 1942. When the battalion was disbanded, men were sent to Finnish army to fight in Continuation war against Soviets and grandfather served in Rukajärvi area until the end of war in September 1944. Army asked him to serve in Lappland war against Germans but he rather continued his studies and refused. My grandmother served in Lotta Svärd (Finnish women volunteer organization) during the continuation war. In 1941-1942 she was with Finns in Äänislinna and Karhumäki near Lake Onega and in 1943 she was transferred to Salla area with Germans. After that she returned to Helsinki to contunue her studies and was there when Soviets had their massive bombing campaigns against Helsinki in February 1944. Especially my grandfather had told me really interesting stories about his time in Waffen-SS and I have also heard many stories when I have been in few meetings with other Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers. http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2130/

My grandfather served as a 17-year old volunteer in air defense at his home town Turku in Russo-Finnish Winter war 1939-1940. At Spring 1941 Germans recruited with aid of Finnish government men to serve as a volunteer in Waffen-SS and he was one of them who was accepted to serve in Finnish SS-battalion. Only about 30% of men who wanted to join was taken and Finns chose those men because their good fit and not because their political opinions as Germans first wanted. Battalion was trained in Germany and sent to the Ukraine as a part of the 5.SS-division "Wiking". Every men had two-year contract so they fought in Ukraine and Caucasus until spring 1943 when battalion was transferred back to Germany and again to Finland where it was disbanded in July 1943. My grandfather wounded twice in battles around Malgobek in October 1942. When the battalion was disbanded, men were sent to Finnish army to fight in Continuation war against Soviets and grandfather served in Rukajärvi area until the end of war in September 1944. Army asked him to serve in Lappland war against Germans but he rather continued his studies and refused. My grandmother served in Lotta Svärd (Finnish women volunteer organization) during the continuation war. In 1941-1942 she was with Finns in Äänislinna and Karhumäki near Lake Onega and in 1943 she was transferred to Salla area with Germans. After that she returned to Helsinki to contunue her studies and was there when Soviets had their massive bombing campaigns against Helsinki in February 1944. Especially my grandfather had told me really interesting stories about his time in Waffen-SS and I have also heard many stories when I have been in few meetings with other Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers. http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2130/

My grandfather served as a 17-year old volunteer in air defense at his home town Turku in Russo-Finnish Winter war 1939-1940. At Spring 1941 Germans recruited with aid of Finnish government men to serve as a volunteer in Waffen-SS and he was one of them who was accepted to serve in Finnish SS-battalion. Only about 30% of men who wanted to join was taken and Finns chose those men because their good fit and not because their political opinions as Germans first wanted. Battalion was trained in Germany and sent to the Ukraine as a part of the 5.SS-division "Wiking". Every men had two-year contract so they fought in Ukraine and Caucasus until spring 1943 when battalion was transferred back to Germany and again to Finland where it was disbanded in July 1943. My grandfather wounded twice in battles around Malgobek in October 1942. When the battalion was disbanded, men were sent to Finnish army to fight in Continuation war against Soviets and grandfather served in Rukajärvi area until the end of war in September 1944. Army asked him to serve in Lappland war against Germans but he rather continued his studies and refused. My grandmother served in Lotta Svärd (Finnish women volunteer organization) during the continuation war. In 1941-1942 she was with Finns in Äänislinna and Karhumäki near Lake Onega and in 1943 she was transferred to Salla area with Germans. After that she returned to Helsinki to contunue her studies and was there when Soviets had their massive bombing campaigns against Helsinki in February 1944. Especially my grandfather had told me really interesting stories about his time in Waffen-SS and I have also heard many stories when I have been in few meetings with other Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers. http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2130/

My grandfather fought his Winter War as a 17-year old volunteer in air defense at Turku. In 1941 he joined also as a volunteer in German army with two years contract and fought in 5.SS-division Wiking in Ukraine and Caucasus. He wounded in Malgobek area in Caucasus and came back to Finland in summer 1943 and fought the end of the Finnish Continuation war in Rukajärvi area. He is still alive and I have also met lots of Finnish SS-veterans in their meetings. He has also shown me some nice stuff which he took (and stole )from Germany like his uniform, SS-Camo suit, 50mm mortar grenade, medals, etc.

PDF would be great but it's only positive if other parts are translated too. But it's better to be perfect and not as horrible as my English.