Jukka Tyrkkö


was a Finnish war writer.

Life

In 1933, at the age of 21, Jukka Tyrkkö began publishing the first newspaper in his birth town of Ylöjärvi, entitled Ylöjärvi. Tyrkkö served in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS as a war correspondent. Patriotic People's Movement and Blue-and-Blacks activist Tyrkkö sought to build a connection between the Jäger Movement and the SS Battalion in his writings. For example, his writings in the newspapers Aamulehti, Rintamamies, Suomi-Saksa, Hakkapeliitta and Ajan Suunta were openly anti-Bolshevist and national-socialist. His reports and articles built an image of the Greater Finland and Finland's central position in Germany-led new Europe. He later recounted his experiences in his book Suomalaisia suursodassa. From 1943 to 1944, he was also the secretary of the Finnish organization SS-Aseveljet, working as a propagandist.

Works

Myllärin tytär Suomalaisia suursodassa. SS-vapaaehtoisten vaiheita jääkäreiden jäljillä 1941–43 Kultakello Sallan savotta 1941 Pajari rintamakenraalina: Aaro Olavi Pajari sotilaana, esimiehenä ja ihmisenä
  • ''Lauri Törnin tarina: vapaustaistelijan vaiheita Viipurista Vietnamiin''