420,000 people fled the Karelian isthmus because of the Winter War. They had to leave in haste, and most could only grab and carry the absolute necessities. Many believed to be able to return after the bombings were over. Nobody anticipated that the isthmus and whole Ladoga Karelia were to be handed off to the Soviet Union in 1944. In the middle of the evacuation chaos, people focused on important documents and valuables. 72-year-old Kristiina Seppä used a neck pouch.
420,000 people fled the Karelian isthmus because of the Winter War. They had to leave in haste, and most could only grab and carry the absolute necessities. Many believed to be able to return after the bombings were over. Nobody anticipated that the isthmus and whole Ladoga Karelia were to be handed off to the Soviet Union in 1944. In the middle of the evacuation chaos, people focused on important documents and valuables. 72-year-old Kristiina Seppä used a neck pouch.
