Entertaining Finnish frontline soldiers (1941)
During Finland´s wars against Stalin´s red army many artists and entertainers volunteered to perform for the frontline soldiers, when there was a lull in the fighting. This picture shows the singer and actress Martta Kontula entertaining soldiers in Rukajärvi in late November 1941. It was a very cold winter, and the fighters had to sit on the bare ground, with their rifles ready, but the enjoyment of listening to some familiar songs probably kept them warm and in good mood ...
The original photo - here shown with my processing and colorization - by István Rácz is in the Board of Antiquities of Finland photo archive at
Entertaining Finnish frontline soldiers (1941)
During Finland´s wars against Stalin´s red army many artists and entertainers volunteered to perform for the frontline soldiers, when there was a lull in the fighting. This picture shows the singer and actress Martta Kontula entertaining soldiers in Rukajärvi in late November 1941. It was a very cold winter, and the fighters had to sit on the bare ground, with their rifles ready, but the enjoyment of listening to some familiar songs probably kept them warm and in good mood ...
The original photo - here shown with my processing and colorization - by István Rácz is in the Board of Antiquities of Finland photo archive at