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]

  • Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I can dismiss it as Nazi lies because it is false information published by a lifelong Nazi party devotee and propagandist. that’s literally what those words mean. Of course the West German government commissioned a lifelong devoted Nazi propagandist for this report, nearly 80% of the post-war West German government were former Nazi officials. you should take everything they say, especially figures about the soviet union, with a gigantic mountain of salt, because it is Nazi propaganda.

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      2 months ago

      So your definite stance is that it’s outright false information and Nazi propaganda that the number is 30% higher than the one the Soviets themselves put out?