the Whites did in Lahti and Vyborg. Even people who were neither involved in the battle nor members of the Red Guards were imprisoned and killed. As the number of capitulated became too large, it was impossible to shoot everyone. More than 10,000 Reds were gathered to the Central Square, where they had to stand for nearly 24 hours. The prisoners were then transferred to a prison camp established in the eastern Kaleva district. During the next five months, 1,228 Reds died in the Tampere camp of executions, disease or hunger. Memorials The statue of the White Army commander C. G. E. Mannerheim stands at the site where he was observing the battle. The controversial statue was first suggested to the Koskipuisto park in 1939 but was finally erected on a hill eight kilometres from Tampere in 1956. Due to its remote location, the statue has often been vandalized during the years by local anarchists and other left-wing radicals. Vapaudenpatsas (The Statue of Liberty), by the sculptor Viktor Jansson, is another statue commemorating the White conquest of Tampere. It was placed in the Hämeenpuisto Park in 1921. The model of the figure was the far-right priest Elias Simojoki. The statue is holding a sword pointed towards the Tampere Workers' Hall on the other side of the park. The statue is often called Rummin-Jussi, after the nickname of the infamous White executioner Johannes From, responsible of murdering more than 70 Reds. The Swedish Brigade commemorative plaque is placed near the Kalevankangas Cemetery. It is a work of the sculptor Gunnar Finne. The Red memorial was erected to the Kalevankangas Cemetery in 1941. It was designed by the sculptor Jussi Hietanen who was held at the Kalevankangas Prison Camp in 1918 at the age of 15. Another memorial is placed in Pispala where the last Reds surrendered. See also Battle of Helsinki Battle of Lahti Battle of Vyborg References External links Tampere 1918 Exhibition Official Homepage Vapriikki Museum. Images of Battle of Tampere Vapriikki Museum on Flickr. Tampere History of Pirkanmaa Tampere Conflicts in 1918 Tampere 1918 in Finland Tampere March 1918 events April 1918 events Mass murder in 1918