Yrjö Ilmari Raikas (former Durchman.Suomalainen Wirallinen Lehti, 16.09.1908, nro 214, s. 2. Kansalliskirjasto. Viitattu 26.11.2018 May 26, 1888 Rapukoski, Vyborg rural municipality – February 10, 1962 Helsinki) was a Finnish 1930s and 1940s right-wing extremist politician.
Life Raikas passed the matriculation exam in 1908, graduated as an agronomist in 1913 and graduated as a bachelor of philosophy in 1914.Yrjö Raikas 50-vuotias, Maatalous, 01.05.1938, nro 5, s. 23, Kansalliskirjaston digitaaliset aineistot
Originally Raikas had worked as an entrepreneur but his company had bankrupted in the 1930s Great Depression. In the Finnish civil war Raikas fought on the White side as the commander of the second company of the third battalion of the Karelian guard regiment.Karjala Vapaussodassa II, Komonen Antti,1934, s.60. He was wounded on March 2, 1918. Raikas was awarded ”for his proven cold-bloodedness and courage in battle” 4th class Cross of Liberty.Suomen tasavallan joukkojen ylipäällikön päiväkäsky, 01.01.1918, nro null, s. 167. Kansalliskirjasto Raikas belonged to the board of the Alliance of War of Freedom Disabled.Vapaussodan Invaliidien Liitto kokoontui tiistaina Helsingissä vuosikokoukseen.Laatokka, 20.02.1930, nro 20, s. 3. Kansalliskirjasto
Political activism Raikas worked for a long time with Arvi Kalsta in the 1930s. He led the Finnish People's Organisation after Kalsta left the position. He had already worked as the editor-in-chief of a party newspaper Hakaristi. After a split in the party, Raikas formed Finnish Labor Front with his supporters. In 1941 Raikas formed the National Socialists of Finland and founded the Kansallissosialisti newspaper whose circulation was 11,000.Suomen lehdistön historia 5: Hakuteos Aamulehti – Kotka Nyheter, s. 262. Kuopio: Kustannuskiila, 1988. ISBN 951-657-239-1 The National Socialists of Finland operated until September 1944, when it was abolished pursuant to Article 21 of the peace treaty concluded between Finland and the Soviet Union. At the same time, Raikas was arrested together with a few other Finnish National Socialists and was ordered to be deported to the countryside.Haataja, Lauri: Kotinatsit luokkakuvassa Henrik Ekberg tutki suomalaiset johtajan varjot (Kirja-arvio teoksesta: Henrik Ekberg: Führerns trogna följeslagare. Den finländska nazismen 1932-1944. Schildts 1991.) Helsingin Sanomat 22.1.1992.Yrjö Raikkaan kuolinilmoitus (maksullinen artikkeli) Helsingin Sanomat 14.2.1962, HS Aikakone. Viitattu 3.4.2018.nazism hakuteoksessa Uppslagsverket Finland (2012). (ruotsiksi)
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