FAMILIES [Cut out these descriptions in order for you to hand them out to the players. ]
The Crofter family
The Jewish family
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4-‐9 players, at least 1 man and 2 women
3 to 5 players, at least 1 man and 1 woman
They hate the upper class and the rich, many family members died in the Finnish Civil War.
The Jewish family lives among the Christian population in a friendly atmosphere.
© Father is a crofter, has suffered in a concentration camp during the Finnish Civil War, too old for war. © Mother is a crofter, has had to take care of the farm on her own. © Grandmother takes care of the children. © 1 to 6 children, oldest son will have to go to war.
© Father, dentist, is recruited to the army. © Mother, housewife. © 1 to 3 children, too young for war.
The Conflicting family
The Romany family
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6 to 8 players, at least 2 men and 2 women
4 to 8 players, at least 1 man and 2 women
Two adult sisters, one’s husband is a Nazi, the other’s husband is a communist. Politics are not discussed at home unless the family members are drunk.
© Older sister, a secretary. © Communist husband, welder, soldier. Is recruited to the army. © Younger sister, shop assistant. © Nazi husband, caretaker, corporal. Is recruited to the army. © Older sister’s and the communist husband’s 1 to 2 children. © Younger sister’s and the Nazi husband’s 1 to 2 children.
Go from village to village selling handicrafts but the children go to this school. © © © ©
Father, kettle maker. Has to go to war. Mother, seamstress. Grandmother takes care of the children. 1 to 5 children
The Educated family’s 1 to 2 children
The Murky family’s 1 to 5 children
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The family knows that they are more patriotic and educated than others.
The family lives in a big house and never talks about their feelings.
© Father, head of library, second lieutenant. © Mother, housewife. © 1 to 3 children, too young for war.
© Father is a carpenter and a soldier. Secretly gay. © Mother is a photographer. © Grandmother is a midwife and a tough cookie. © 1 to 5 children.
Poor mother’s 2 to 4 children born out of wedlock
The Priest’s family’s 1 to 2 children
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The family is poor and despised, many consider them to be immoral. The children have even been auctioned to other families at some point.
The family is very nationalistic and thinks of communists as trash. © Father is a priest and a lieutenant. © Mother is a Lotta, part of an auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women. © The maid takes care of the children. © 1 to 2 children, soldier boys and little Lottas.
© Mother, unemployed, there is no father. © 2 to 4 children born out of wedlock. Oldest son goes to war.