MEMORY OF BARRACKS: World War II German ‘Little Berlins’ and post-war urbanization in Northern Finnish towns.

Some 220,000 German soldiers were stationed and fought in northern Finland during World War II. These troops required huge amounts of supplies that were provided by supply encampments in several locations, including the towns of Oulu and Tornio. In this paper the authors consider how the memory of t...

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Publicado en:	Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 525 - 549
Autores principales:	Ylimaunu, Timo, Mullins, Paul R., Symonds, James, Kallio-Seppä, Titta, Heikkilä, Hilkka, Kuorilehto, Markku, Tolonen, Siiri
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2013
Materias:	History of urbanization World War II campaigns Collective memory Military bases Finnish history, 1945-1981 Twentieth century Northern Finland Oulu (Finland) Tornio (Finland) Finland
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Sumario:	Some 220,000 German soldiers were stationed and fought in northern Finland during World War II. These troops required huge amounts of supplies that were provided by supply encampments in several locations, including the towns of Oulu and Tornio. In this paper the authors consider how the memory of these German-built sites has shaped post-war urban heritage. They review and challenge the authorized history of the post-war urbanization of the northern towns.