3,060,000 German military personnel were taken prisoner by the USSR and that 1,094,250 died in captivity (549,360 from 1941 to April 1945; 542,911 from May 1945 to June 1950 and 1,979 from July 1950 to 1955).[4]
On another note I just had a thought about the German scientists who fled the Reich pre WW2 due to prosecution and the German scientists who were employed post WW2. Did they ever meet and work on projects together lmao.
The Kremlin took way more Nazi scientists than Operation Paperclip
And if you were a Nazi who was “employed” by the Soviet Union you were most likely not a scientist
How the hell do you figure that? They were the only ones who would be of any worth.
You are literally commenting on a post about 500 000 German prisoners of war in forced labour camps… r u stoopid?
On another note I just had a thought about the German scientists who fled the Reich pre WW2 due to prosecution and the German scientists who were employed post WW2. Did they ever meet and work on projects together lmao.
“Hey Albert, I didn’t know you were in Princeton, too!”
“Remember that time you hunted me and my family, wanting to execute us through forced labor? Haha, good times. Those sure were the good ol days.”
“And we just laughed and laughed…”