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]

  • mecfs@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    All war crimes are bad. The germans were horrible genociders who commited more war crimes than we’ll ever know of. But it does not excuse those committed by other nations.

    Stop with the murding half a million people apologia.

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      8 days ago

      So show me the facts confirming murdering half a million people. Facts not lies. German POWs died not because of mass genocide action but because or harsh realities of Soviet gulags ( harsh living conditions, diseases and little food ).

      If that’s what constitutes for you war crimes, even soviet prisoners would have to be called victims of war crimes.

      It’s absurd of your terminology invention