Rusty Bertrand on Nostr: nprofile1q…ufd2e 1939. Completely destroyed by Soviet air bombings on the first day ...
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1939. Completely destroyed by Soviet air bombings on the first day of Winter War, 30 November 1939. My great grandparents lived a bit further north, on the White Sea. Russia took a huge chunk of Finland. Ggma went north turning a horse and caravan into a bakery to feed the solders.
A rolling bakery in the frozen forest with their 9 children.
Now that's sisu.
But when they finally got to Lapland, the Nazis got em. Killed everyone on the bus after lots of child rape.
The youngest wasn't on the bus. Greatgrandpa was probably taking a leak, or the baby was crying...
He dove into a snowbank with the baby. He said the screams lasted for days.
Anna Maija Sillander left, and Anna Maija Ranta right.
My mom is Anna Maija Akesson.
My birth name was Joy Paivi Akesson. Changed my first name at 18 to Alex. Big battle, no male names allowed for women 30 years ago.
Paivi means sun after a long winter in Sami.
1939. Completely destroyed by Soviet air bombings on the first day of Winter War, 30 November 1939. My great grandparents lived a bit further north, on the White Sea. Russia took a huge chunk of Finland. Ggma went north turning a horse and caravan into a bakery to feed the solders.
A rolling bakery in the frozen forest with their 9 children.
Now that's sisu.
But when they finally got to Lapland, the Nazis got em. Killed everyone on the bus after lots of child rape.
The youngest wasn't on the bus. Greatgrandpa was probably taking a leak, or the baby was crying...
He dove into a snowbank with the baby. He said the screams lasted for days.
Anna Maija Sillander left, and Anna Maija Ranta right.
My mom is Anna Maija Akesson.
My birth name was Joy Paivi Akesson. Changed my first name at 18 to Alex. Big battle, no male names allowed for women 30 years ago.
Paivi means sun after a long winter in Sami.