tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post5603592174837312422..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Mortality of Soviet Prisoners of War in German Captivity during World War IIBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-62248791717627682942019-07-02T22:35:23.560-04:002019-07-02T22:35:23.560-04:00Early on the Russians killed most Germans below th...Early on the Russians killed most Germans below the rank of non-coms after brief interrogations.<br /><br />Didn't know that. ThanksBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-47264677251872720682019-07-02T22:29:38.884-04:002019-07-02T22:29:38.884-04:00Stalin decreed that The Soviet Union would not hon...Stalin decreed that The Soviet Union would not honor the terms of the Geneva Convention and captured German soldiers would be shot. Hilter answered in kind saying Russian soldiers would be treated likewise. The Germans did hold more in captivity in the early stages of the war using most as slave labor (farm workers, logging, sawmilling, road gangs, etc.). Early on the Russians killed most Germans below the rank of non-coms after brief interrogations. It was only later and afterwards that German soldiers were kept alive in significant numbers. Most of these were used as slave labor. Very few ever saw Germany again. I read a biography once of a young German soldier who stated that surrender to the Russians usually meant a small brown hole in the back of the head. As and example, between 120,000-200,000 German soldier surrendered at Stalingrad. After the war fewer than 5,000 were ever returned to the Fatherland. Jeffery in Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550280434516132497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-54593120508656484402019-07-02T18:20:48.376-04:002019-07-02T18:20:48.376-04:00Not pleasant.Not pleasant.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-53824770742912523632019-07-02T17:55:45.100-04:002019-07-02T17:55:45.100-04:00Then, Russian winter in the Father land.
RickThen, Russian winter in the Father land.<br /><br />RickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495862358340777039noreply@blogger.com