Tammisaari prison camp
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Tammisaari prison camp was one of the largest and most notorious detention camps for Red prisoners in Finland following the Civil War of 1918, symbolizing the brutality of the White Terror.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragsvik prison camp | 1 |
| Hennala prison camp | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concentration camp
ⓘ
prison camp ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ekenäs prison camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Finnish Civil War prison camps
ⓘ
Political repression in Finland ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| detained |
Red Guard fighters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civilians ⓘ suspected Red sympathizers ⓘ |
| endTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| eventLocationFor | mass deaths of prisoners in 1918 ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
memorialization of victims
ⓘ
public debate on responsibility for prisoner deaths ⓘ |
| hasCause | defeat of the Red side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName |
Finnish
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
reminder of human rights abuses during civil conflict
ⓘ
symbol of class conflict in Finnish history ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Tammisaari prison camp memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMortalityRateEstimate | very high compared to other Finnish Civil War camps ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfPrisonersEstimate | several thousand ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfPrisoners |
political prisoners
ⓘ
prisoners of war ⓘ |
| hasVictim | Finnish Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–Finnish Civil War era ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ekenäs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tammisaari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Uusimaa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFormer | Grand Duchy of Finland (historical context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
disease outbreaks
ⓘ
food shortages ⓘ forced labor ⓘ harsh living conditions ⓘ high mortality among prisoners ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Finnish government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
White forces (Finland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
White Terror in Finland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
network of White-run prison camps in Finland ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of brutality of the White Terror ⓘ |
| startTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Finnish historical research on Civil War atrocities
ⓘ
documentaries about the Finnish Civil War ⓘ memorial ceremonies in Finland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of Red prisoners
ⓘ
political repression ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hennala prison camp
this entity surface form:
Dragsvik prison camp