These photos have been dug out from Russian archives and are posted here thanks to our Russian friend Andrey Syrtsow.

Norwegian SS-Skijäger in Kaprolat hill. Note different skis - German army type (white with green stripe) and civilian skis

Finnish and German officers

Buildings in Kiestinki. Sign says "Siberia theirs, Karelia ours".

SS-Gruppenführer Demelhuber and his dog

Finnish and German officers in Soldatenheim Kiestinki. Note cartoons on the wall

Village of Kiestinki, 1943

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