ABSTRACT
The Finnish Civil War lasted for four months and happened, mainly, in the City of Tampere, taking thousands of lives in 1918. Tampere photographers documented the hostilities, and a museum curator went out into the streets every day gathering what was left after the battles. However, it was only in 2008 that a museum exhibition based on these collections was made, presenting one of the most difficult issues in the history of the nation. The museum took bold action aimed at healing the historic trauma, which has, for 90 years, been influencing the nation’s political life and casting a shadow on Finnish society.
