Funerals of local soldiers in a Finnish town, probably in 1941.

Funerals

I guess she is a starlet of the cinema or a singer, anyway a quite famous show-woman of the time. Any suggestions? And where are they?
I think Russia or Balkans. In background I think to see a Russian - not Soviet - flag... 
DVX

Who is this starlet?

In mid-1940 - before the Battle of Britain and the Blitz - the London Board of Education distributed informational material to schools, illustrating how pupils and staff should behave should air raids occur during school hours.  I fear that this approach might not have proved adequate as a response to actual bombs and incendiaries.

As I am sure some of our American friends will recall, the "Duck and Cover" line was still being offered to school kids in the US as a response to possible nuclear attacks in the 1950s and '60s (in the US, they even used an informational movie with a cheery "Duck and Cover" jingle), and variations on the theme were promulgated in Europe.  Just as well the nukes never came - anywhere in the vicinity of a nuclear blast, the duckers and coverers would, literally, have been toast.  Oh well.  I suppose it made people feel a bit better, anyway ... Best regards, JR.