“To the Bomb and Back: Finnish War Children Tell Their World War II Stories”

Sue Saffle discusses her book about Finnish children sent abroad during World War II. From Scandinavia House:

Between 1939 and 1945, some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation’s soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all of World War II children’s transports, and although acknowledged today as “a great social-historical mistake,” it has received surprisingly little attention. This is the first English-language account of Finland’s War Children and their experiences, told through the survivors’ own words.