Helsinki - slsa1209_10 - A drawing of a large building with a clock tower

Pictures from the book Helsinki in words and pictures. By The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. ari Assmuth , Anne -May Berger, Nora Ervalahti & Marika Rose Power (ed. ) Helsinki in words and pictures City residents and city life are at the center of this book that SLS out to pay attention to Helsinki celebrates 200 years as the capital. The images were taken from the SLS archives from the period 1890-1910 and are taken by amateur photographers Gustaf Sandberg, Karl Konrad Meinander and Frans Nyberg, but also by professional photographers as Karl Emil Ståhlberg. The photographs are accompanied by quotations from contemporary literary depictions of Helsinki, and the book opens with an article by Laura Kolbe . Helsinki in words and pictures 150 pp. , Hardcover, price about 34 €, was published in October 2012 ISBN 978-951-583-257-3

Here we have various samples of Finnish advertisements from the 20th century, including interesting pieces of Finnish propaganda intended for soldiers of invading Soviet Army. Finnish leaflets were thrown from the planes above Russian troops in order to convince Soviet soldiers to surrender. During World War 2 Finland was in alliance with Nazi Germany. Russia fought against Finland too even before July 1941 when the German Wehrmacht invaded. Finnish authorities promised good food and a bottle of vodka to those who surrender. Anyway, it was not so easy for the Soviets to accept this proposal. Special security regiments were observing troops - to catch everyone who fled to Finland or any other German ally and to shoot him down right on the place or throw him in jail.