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It offers a solid ride, crisp acceleration, and a roomy, quiet interior. Plus standard features like a 1.6-litre OHC engine, 5-speed overdrive, fully independent suspension, dials, and much AUTOBAHN CASH BACK. . .$600* Autoba hn motors fr 1 1765 Telegraph Rd. Bloomfield Hills (One mile North of Square Lake Rd.) On remaining 1985 Models. Use as downpayment or cash himself was responsible. But for Finland, the common enemy was the USSR which had at- tacked it in 1939. Whatever feelings the Finns had about the Nazis, they had no choice but to fight alongside them. As in every country, there certainly were Nazi sympathiz- ers. In the early years of the war, when Germany was riding high, some pro-German Finns abused Jewish soldiers, but "were swiftly squelched by other Finns." The record shows that the ap- proximately 200-300 Jewish ref- When Germany launched its surprise attack on the USSR in June 1941, Finland welcomed the Wehrmacht as an ally against their common enemy on the Northern Front, despite some misgivings about the Nazis. Finnish Jews again did their patriotic duty in the Fin- nish army. Incredible as it may seem, some Finnish Jewish soldiers were given German medals for valor, while just 25 miles away, across the Gulf of Finland, Nazis were systematically mur- dering the Jews of Estonia. All of this is a matter of his- torical record, according to a soon to be published history of this aspect of WW II by Finnish scholar Hannu Rautkallio. The book is one of a series of publi- cations sponsored by "Thanks to Scandinavia," about the efforts of Scandinavian countries to save their Jewish citizens from the Nazis. Rautkallio's manuscript con- tains meticulously researched revelations of the many paradoxes and cross-currents in Finland during those turbulent war years. There are references to the role of the top Nazi lead- ers including Hitler, Himmler, and Eichmann, all of whom made official visits to Finland during the war. In 1942, during Himmler's visit to Finland, Prime Minister Rangell replied to Himmler's question about "the situation with the Jews: "In Finland there are roughly a couple of thousand Jews — decent families and in- dividuals whose sons are fight- ing in our army like the rest of the Finns, and who are quite as respected citizens as all the rest . . . Wir haben keine Juden- frage." After that, the Nazis never seriously threatened Finnish Jews, although they ocasionally complained about Jews, espe- cially those on the staff of the Finnish army. Certainly the Finnish gov- ernment and people were aware from newspaper reports and their own diplomats of the fate of the Jews in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe, which the Finns strongly disapproved. The Finnish Ambassador in Berlin did protest the Nazi action against Danish Jews in October 1943. The German Foreign Ministry coolly rejected the pro- test as a matter of "extreme sensitivity" for which Hitler well protected. The men were sent to work camps during the war, primarily for support of the military. Conditions were harsh in the bitter Artic winters, but cessions. /4 thick • Clear, gray or bronze glass • Beveled glass • patterns • • Chrome or gold frames • Clear, bronze or textured glass • custom units • New doors or your doors • Clear or bronze mirror '9981% TABLE TOPS /Sail • /RI • NIP !Ilk MIS% IPA IR" 011111110111, Mal samPliOinINO . For democratic Finland, World War II was the "Con- tinuation War." The USSR had invaded Finland in November 1939, taking advantage of the protection of their June 1939 pact with Hitler. Finnish Jews had loyally served in that struggle, when the tough Fin- nish army under its redoubtable Marshal C.G. Mannerheim held off its huge neighbor's armed forces until March 1940, in what Finland called the "Winter War." After its hard won vic- tory, the USSR forced Finland to make major territorial con- 3 8-4531 ugeeb in Finland were not so The Nazis never seriously threatened Finnish Jews, although they occasionally complained about Jews, especially those in the Finnish army. in that respect were apparently no different than for Finns in the camps. Some Jewish refugees com- plained about "concentration camps." According to Rautkallio, this was an unjustified com- plaint, for Jewish refugees were not persecuted despite the real hardships they endured. Yet, a few Jewish refugees from Germany and Central and Eastern Europe were apparently turned over to the Nazis for de- portation by Valpo, the Finnish state police. After the Russian victory over Finland in 1944 there were intensive investiga- tions of the role of Valpo and its controversial director Arno An- thoni. He was arrested, but his guilt was never clearly estab- lished according to Rautkallio. Rautkallio also describes the work of the Central Council of Jewish Congregations. The American Jewish Joint Distri- bution Committee and HICEM (HIAS) had sent funds for aid to refugees until June 1941, when the U.S. Treasury blocked trans- fer of funds to Finland. After that, the congregations met this responsibility on their own as best ithey could. The congregations also pro- vided , special assistance to about 200-300 Russian War prisoners of Jewish birth ... "understand- able for the reason that the fam- ily roots of nearly all the Jews in Finland were in Russia."