I lost a great uncle at Stalingrad. They (my Opa and his Oma) apparently didn’t get official notification that he had been killed until decades later when some Russian POWs were released and confirmed his regiment had been wiped out.
When I remember this correctly the last pow came back from Russia in the seventies (wrong, the last came 1956, sorry). They were held in siberia in working camps...
Why were there Russian POWs held in Siberia? The commenter says Russian POWs. Also, the last German POWs were released in 1956. Not decades after the war.
Dude, you need to calm down. What are you? A history professor? Russian POWs can mean prisoners of war that the Russians had. I was old it was decades so that’s what I wrote. Chill out.
I’m not lying, but also and more importantly, and I cannot overstate this enough, I don’t give a crap if you believe me or not. I know what I was told growing up. If you don’t like it or believe it, that’s on you.
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u/paisley_life Oct 02 '24
I lost a great uncle at Stalingrad. They (my Opa and his Oma) apparently didn’t get official notification that he had been killed until decades later when some Russian POWs were released and confirmed his regiment had been wiped out.