Les Juifs de Helsinki

The Jewish community of Helsinki finds part of its origin in former Jewish soldiers of the Russian imperial army (the cantonists) authorized to remain in Finland, then a grand-duchy under Russian domination. Remaining one of the smallest Jewish communities in Europe, it organized itself around a synagogue and communal institutions, its members often being merchants then present in the professions. During the Second World War, despite Finland's co-belligerence with Germany against the Soviet Union, the country refused to surrender its Jewish citizens, and the community survived. It remains active in Helsinki.

स्रोत और संसाधन

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗