Anthoni, Arno

Identifier
000441
Dates
1900-1961
Type of Entity
Person

History

Arno Anthoni, originally a lawyer, was the chief of the Finnish State Police in the years 1941-1944. Openly antisemite, and pro-German, Anthoni had close relations with the Sicherheitspolizei which led to the deportation of eight Jews to the German authorities on November 6, 1942 on the ship Hohenhörn. After the war, in 1945, Anthoni was arrested. He was the only member of the State Police to be put on trial. After his process in 1948 Anthoni was released and continued to work as a lawyer.

Places

  • Helsinki, Finland

Functions

  • Chief of the Finnish State Police 1941-1944.

Sources

  • Biographical note written by Filip Sikorski, based on Oula Silvennoinen’s book Salaiset aseveljet: Suomen ja Saksan turvallisuuspoliisiyhteistyö 1933-1944 (Helsinki: Otava, 2008). Silvennoinen’s book appeared in German as Geheime Waffenbrüderschaft: Die sicherheitspolizeiliche Zusammenarbeit zwischen Finnland und Deutschland 1933-1944, trans. by Klaus Reichel and Kaija Reichel (Darmstadt: WBG, 2010).