The people of Kuusamo had been evacuated in the fall of 1944 when the war was coming to an end. The German troops retreating north burned most of the buildings in Kuusamo in September.
By the summer, more than 10 000 Kuusamo residents had already returned to their homes and reconstruction had begun. The women baked bread in the remains of the ovens, the children dug nails from the ruins and men worked on construction. A rebuilt Kuusamo rose from the ashes.
This exhibition is a part of Karhuntassu’s exhibitions at the Koski gallery on 9.4 – 31.8. 2024.
