Ajan Suunta

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Ajan Suunta (Direction of Time)
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    • Ajan Suunta (Direction of Time) was the newspaper of the Finnish Patriotic People's Movement (IKL) that ran from 1932 to 1944. IKL published thirty newspapers and magazines, but the daily newspaper Ajan Suunta was the main organ of the party.[1] Ajan Suunta was preceded by the newspaper Ajan Sana (Word of Time) published from 1930 to 1932.[2]

    Content

    Our faith and trust in the historical mission of the National Socialist Germany is unshakable. If it were to shake, then so would shake the foundation on which we stand, and we would deny the achievements and victories which we have fought with great sacrifices in loyal brotherhood-in-arms with the soldiers of the mighty German army.

    Toivo Karanko's editorial in Ajan Suunta[3]

    The newspaper was aggressive in its style, referring to itself as a "fighting journal", "weapon in the combat against un-Finnish forces". This was especially true under

    Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Editor-in-chief Arne Somersalo even visited Hitler and Mussolini and gifted them Ostrobothnian knives.[5][4][1]

    In addition to strong antisemitism, Ajan Suunta was also anti-Swedish and anti-Russian. As the Jews in Finland mostly spoke either Russian or Swedish, the anti-Swedishness, Russophobia and antisemitism all complemented one another, leading Ajan Suunta to rail against "Swede-kikes" and "Russkie-loving Judeo-internationale".

    Jewish Question, Työrintama publishing "humorous" cartoons of Jews digging their own graves. During the Continuation War the magazine reported ecstatically on the Finnish-German cooperation and brotherhood in arms.[1][4]

    Bannings

    Ajan Suunta consistently caused problems for the authorities and censors both home and abroad. As IKL was close allies with the Estonian Vaps Movement, Ajan Suunta published critical articles about Konstantin Päts' Estonia. For example, the following was published in 1933: "Estonia's government and center parties have sold themselves to the Marxists."[6] As a response, Ajan Suunta was banned in Estonia for two years.[7] On 22 December 1936, Ajan Suunta announced that 18 Estonian politicians, including ministers and leading politicians, had submitted a highly critical memorandum to Prime Minister Konstantin Päts. Päts responded that if the memorandum was to be published, he would imprison all 18.[8]

    The newspaper was finally banned for good after the

    Allied Control Commission, had demanded that the Finnish government shut down the magazine immediately, and the newspaper's board was contacted. The printing presses were stopped voluntarily after the government warned that otherwise there might be force measures against the entire Finnish press.[9]

    References

    1. ^
      ISBN 952-10-3015-1. online version
    2. ^ Aarni Virtanen: "Toimikaa, älkää odottako" – Vihtori Kosolan puheiden muutokset 1929–1936, s. 45. Jyväskylä studies in humanities 271. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Jyväskylä 2015.
    3. ^ AS 8.10.1943, "Tanskan juutalaisselkkaus"(pääkirjoitus)
    4. ^ a b c d Karhu, Sirpa Maaria (2014). Ajan Suunnan juutalaiskuva 1932–1944 (PDF) (MA). University of Jyväskylä.
    5. ^ "Isänmaallisen Kansanliikkeen kunniaosoitukset Mussolinille ja Hitlerille". AS. August 15, 1933
    6. ^ Soome leht seisukorrast Eestis. Võitlus, 15. august 1933, nr. 68, lk. 3.
    7. ^ Soome lapualaste leht ei pääse Eestisse. Vaba Maa, 17. aprill 1934, nr. 88, lk. 3.
    8. ^ Soome lehe uus laimuvalang. Uus Eesti, 23. december 1936, nr. 348, lk. 4.
    9. ISBN 951-710-119-8
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