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The Study of Antisemitism in Finland Past, Present, and Future
Author(s): Ahonen, Paavo; Muir, Simo; Silvennoinen, Oula
Editor(s): Adams, Jonathan; Hess, Cordelia
Date: 2019
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Memory
Abstract: Finland’s vulnerable postwar position impacted interpretations of its wartime history. This is likely the reason why the study of antisemitism was marginal or almost non-existent in twentieth-century Finland. The lack of research led to a widespread view that antisemitism was a marginal phenomenon in Finnish society, both before and during the Second World War. In the last twenty years there have been a growing number of studies making it clear that this was not the case - Finland was no exception when it came to antisemitism. This article will present the history of the study of antisemitism in Finland from three different vantage points: (1) fascism and the Holocaust, (2) religion and the Church, and (3) from the perspective of Finnish Jews, via several case studies of latent antisemitism.
Linguistic, cultural and history-related studies on jews in finland: a look into the scholarship in the twenty-first century
Author(s): Ekholm, Laura Katarina; Muir, Simo; Silvennoinen, Oula
Date: 2016
Topics: Jewish Community, Jewish History, Jewish Studies, Bibliography and Literature Reviews, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage
Abstract: There has been a significant growth in volume and disciplines working on Jewish history and culture in Finland for the past fifteen years, yet no systematic overview of scholarly efforts have been available. This article aims to fill this gap. Our focus is on the disciplines of linguistics, cultural studies and history. Our overview covers monographs and articles that have appeared in academic publications since 2000, with a focus on Finland. Consequently we have left out Finnish research on Jews in other parts of the globe from our review. About half of the works introduced in this article have been published in Finnish and will now be briefly introduced to a wider Nordic scholarly community. The article consists of four parts. First we discuss Jewish studies and social history pursued in Finland. We then discuss studies focusing on antisemitism in Finland. The third part introduces the relevant literature on Finland’s role in the Second World War and its responsibility towards the conflict’s Jewish refugees and prisoners of war, after which studies on Finnish history culture and memory politics are presented. The final part presents biographies and general studies about the Jewish community in Finland.