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First, what facts do I know.

  • There was no prosecution of Jews in Finland

  • Jewish POWs were separated in special POW camps for Jews. They were told that Finnish people hate them and they are to be transferred to Germany. But the intent changed and only Communists were actually transferred to Gestapo. Other Jews were allowed to contact with representatives of Finnish Jewish community.

  • Finnish authorities installed special ethnic-cleansing conentration camps for Slavic-speaking inhabitants of Karelia and other occupied territories.

I wonder whether the Jewish civilians were threated separately of Slavic population.

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Most likely not. They were a German ally, but never under the control of Germany like most of their other "allies" that engaged in such behavior. They just happened to be fighting Russia, and Germany was the only ally avilable (and even then, only after Barbarossa. They were on their own before that). – T.E.D.♦ Jun 15 '12 at 19:34
What are the sources for bullets 2 and 3? – Felix Goldberg Dec 11 '12 at 15:55
@Anixx This Wikipedia article contains enough material for an answer. I did not write it as I have not much to add and don't want the question to receive less attention. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… – astabada Feb 6 at 21:43

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