Finnish nurse from the third division of the Waffen-SS “Totenkopf”, Soviet Russia, 1942.

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These black and white photographs were taken in Finland, ca. 1941 by Barbara Wright, who also worked for the Farm Security Administration . ...

Discussions on the Winter War and Continuation War, the wars between Finland and the USSR.Hosted by Juha Tompuri

mehrseinalsscheinen: “ 6th SS „NORD” members try their best to impress some Finnish Lotta Svärd ladies. Note the pre-war style boards and the SS-VT caps! ”

Lotta Svärd

Lotta pihan siivoustöissä. SA-kuva.

Lotta Svärd was the most important organisation for women in Finnish history and the worlds largest women’s paramilitary national defence force

Author, globetrotter Kyllikki Villa (1923–2010). She was also young lotta near the frontline in Finnish Winter War and Continuation War (1939–1944). "Pommitusten jälkeen meihin iski euforinen eloonjäämisen tunne, paistoimme räiskäleitä ja nauroimme!"

Lotta Svärd, Finlande

Finnish air survellaince women 1942.

Lotat vaelluksella. SA-kuva.

Lotat vaelluksella. SA-kuva.

SISU: The Lotta Svard was the largest women's auxiliary at the time of World War II. The Lotta's did many things from cooking to air craft look out, sometimes in very dangerous situations. Pin by Paolo Marzioli