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Hennala camp

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Photograph of Hennala camp
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  • Executed Female Fighters.jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Hennala 1918.jpg

    Photo by Hans Tröbst (1891-1939) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Hennala Prison Camp 1918.JPG

    Photo by Finnish Military Museum via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Hennala prison camp bread.jpg

    Photo by Pitkäkaula via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Background

Hennala camp was a concentration camp operating from the beginning of May 1918 to 15 September 1918 in the Hennala Garrison in Lahti, Finland. It was set up for the Reds captured by the White Army after the Finnish Civil War Battle of Lahti.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Hennala camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hennala-camp
Chicago
"Hennala camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hennala-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hennala-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Hennala camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hennala-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}