List of massacres in the Finnish Civil War

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This is a list of massacres during or immediately after the Finnish Civil War. The Finnish Civil War was a conflict in 1918, which killed more than 38,000 people (about one percent of the country's population), of whom 1,650 were victims of Red Terror, and over 10,000 of White Terror. [1]

EventEstimated deathsDatePerpetratorsNotes
Suinula massacre 1531 January Red Guards [2] [3] [4]
Vihti executions 171 February Red Guards [5]
Lottery of Huruslahti 90February (after Battle of Varkaus) White Guard The name lottery refers to the alleged logic of executing one in 10 of the accused.
Pori Lyceum massacre 116 February Red Guards [6]
Haaga executions 4512 April Baltic Sea Division The only massacre by the German troops in Finland.
Kuurila train murders 2219 April Red Guards [7]
Vyborg provincial prison massacre 30+27 – 28 April Red Guards [8]
Vyborg massacre 360-42028 April – 3 May White Guard Victims were predominantly Russian.
Jämsä executions 70-80April – May White Guard [9]
Hollola executions 200-500April – May White Guard [10]
Paukaneva executions 40+April – May White Guard [11]
Tampere executions HundredsApril – May White Guard
Toijala executions 222April – May Red Guards, White Guard Both sides committed executions in the area.
Kouvola and Koria massacres 120 Red Guards, White Guard Finnish wikipedia
Valkeakoski female guard executions 361 May White Guard [12]
Jakobstad executions 72 May White Guard The executed included a White Guard lawyer defending the accused.
Västankvarn executions 62+2 May – 26 May White Guard Finnish wikipedia
Harmoinen sick room mass murder 1310 May White Guard Victims were hospital patients.
Koliahde massacre 16May Red Guards [13]
Länkipohja massacre 80+May White Guard [14]
Perttula executions 30-4018 – 20 May White Guard [15]

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  2. ↑ "Suinulan verilöyly oli sisällissodan ensimmäinen joukkoteloitus – Tampereen Pyrinnön puheenjohtaja surmattiin Kangasalla". www.aamulehti.fi (in Finnish). 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Suinulan surujuhla: Sankarivainajien patsas noussut 15 v:n kuluttua verilöylystä". Hakkapeliitta (in Finnish) (5): 13. January 31, 1933.
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  5. ↑ vesa.valtonen@media.fi. "Harva vihtiläinen todisti teloituksia 1.2.1918". Vihdin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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  7. ↑ Korjus, Olli (2020). Kuusi kuolemaantuomittua (in Finnish). Atena. ISBN   978-952-300-048-3. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
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  9. ↑ "Silmitöntä tappamista ja teloituksia tapulissa – Vuoden 1918 terrori kauhistuttaa Jämsässä edelleen". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 11 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
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