Reminder of the Dark Heritage of Humankind – Experiences of Finnish Cemetery Tourists of Visiting the Norvajärvi German Cemetery

• Main Author: Koskinen-Koivisto, Eerika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Suomalaisen Kuolemantutkimuksen Seura Ry 2023
• Subjects: Second World War; Lapland War; Dark Heritage; dark tourism; difficult history; cemetery tourism; cemetery; thanatourism; historical consciousness; history hobbyist; experience; phenomenology; sensory ethnography; blog; Norvajärvi; Rovaniemi; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/thanatos/article/view/137539

In this article I examine the experiences of Finnish people visiting the Norvajärvi German cemetery, located 18 kilometers north of Rovaniemi town center. In the Second World War (WWII), Finland cooperated with Germany allowing German troops to operate against the Soviet Union out of Finnish territo...