FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL over 500'000 German prisoners of war died in forced labour camps, after the German surrender, while detained in the Soviet Union. With the latest survivors only being released a decade later.message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL over 500'000 German prisoners of war died in forced labour camps, after the German surrender, while detained in the Soviet Union. With the latest survivors only being released a decade later.FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
From wikipedia: 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]
minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAnd if you were a Nazi who was “employed” by the Soviet Union you were most likely not a scientist
minus-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHow the hell do you figure that? They were the only ones who would be of any worth.
minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou are literally commenting on a post about 500 000 German prisoners of war in forced labour camps… r u stoopid?
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?