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Ratakatu 27.2.1944

Ratakatu 27.2.1944
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Joukko tummiin vaatteisiin pukeutuneita ihmisiä seisoo keskellä katua, jota reunustavat raunioituneet rakennukset. Pari rakennusta on sortunut kokonaan. Ilmassa on savua.
The street Ratakatu on 27 February 1944, the Finnish Normal Lyceum school, which was badly damaged in the great raids, is on the left side of the street.
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The Statue of Alexander II in the foreground. The university in flames in the background.

The great raids against Helsinki 1944

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Photographer

Finnish Defence Forces Photograph Archive / E. Hedenström

Period

1944

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Authors

E. Hedenström

Keywords

bombings Helsingin normaalilyseo

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CC BY 4.0

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