Bullet holes

This year Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. But the first year was not a celebration at all:

"The Finnish Civil War (27 January – 15 May 1918) concerned leadership and control of Finland during the transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state. The conflict formed a part of the national, political, and social turmoil caused by World War I (Eastern Front) in Europe. The war was fought between the Reds, led by the Social Democratic Party and the Whites, conducted by the non-socialist, conservative-led senate. The paramilitary Red Guards, composed of industrial and agrarian workers, controlled the cities and industrial centers of southern Finland. The paramilitary White Guards, composed of peasants and middle-class and upper-class factions, controlled rural central and northern Finland." -Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War

There are several old buildings around Tampere, where bullet holes still work as a reminder of those terrible times. The Finnish Civil War has many names, depending on the point of view. For some it is a "freedom war", suggesting Finland was released from a possibility to become part of Soviet Union. For some it is "war between brothers" because literary there were brothers and sisters of same families fighting against each other. Some may call it as "class war" because it was also a war between labour and capitalists.

And there still are scars in our society, similar as seen on the walls of the buildings. Some people still holds a grudge against anything that represents the other side.