Juutalaispakolaisten muistomerkki / Memorial to Jewish Refugees - Hands Begging for Mercy

During the turmoil of the Second World War, Finland surrendered eight Jewish refugees to the Germans, including a young family and a single father and his 10-year-old son. On November 6, 1942, the refugees were taken on the s/s Hohenhörn from Helsinki to Tallinn and eventually to the concentration camp in Auschwitz. Only the young father is known to have survived; the others perished in the camp. ...