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]
Imagine seeing the world so black and white that detailing a Soviet War crime in world war two is the same as apologising for the Nazis.
The Nazis were absolutely horrible genociders who commited countless atrocities. Now, does that mean we should just ignore other countries atrocities. No it doesn’t.
I was reading through wikipedia on world war two, and found out that over half a million german prisoners of war died in soviet gulags after the end of the war.
I’m pretty well read on world war two and I’d never heard that before, so I decided to post it on “today I learned”.
There’s a real problem with Neo-nazis, less on lemmy, but it’s increasing worldwide. But you’re accusing the wrong person.
Were you really under any impression that the comment section on a post about war crimes against Nazis was going to go any other way? You knew exactly what you were getting into.
Yes I was to be honest. I didn’t imagine I would be accused of being a nazi because I detailed war crimes against them.
Not to mention I’ve made similar posts in the past about nazi war crimes against the allies, I believe one was specifically about the soviets, and people were quite respectful and intelligent in the comments.
For context, the Nazis took 6 million POWs and murdered 3 million. Far higher death rate, far higher in totality. The Nazis destroyed large parts of the USSR and murdered millions of Soviet civilians and POWs.
I definitely get what you were going for, and you’re not wrong. Unfortunately the internet isn’t the most objective place, and the thought process for most is just going to stop at, “Bad thing happened to Nazis… Meh.”
I’ve heard a lot about the Rwandan genocide, but this is my first time hearing of OP’s thing. It’s more interesting to read about something novel, which is probably why you see more of this being shared.
The source of your quoted text is from Erich Maschke, a literal dyed-in-the-wool Nazi.
He joined the SA in 1933, the Nazi party in 1937, and was in charge of training the Wehrmacht general staff in Poland during WW2. He was publically in favor of German colonization and domination of the “Eastern territory”.
So allow me to disregard his opinion on the treatment of German POWs by those he wished to have eradicated.
– regards, a German, whose grandfather lost a leg in a Russian POW camp and returned as an alcoholic who beat his wife and kids daily.
Imagine seeing the world so black and white that detailing a Soviet War crime in world war two is the same as apologising for the Nazis.
The Nazis were absolutely horrible genociders who commited countless atrocities. Now, does that mean we should just ignore other countries atrocities. No it doesn’t.
Theoretically it’s possible that somebody randomly chose a war crime from 7 decades ago to soapbox about.
In reality its almost always a Nazi apologist. It also happens far more often than somebody making posts for things like the Rwanda genocide
I was reading through wikipedia on world war two, and found out that over half a million german prisoners of war died in soviet gulags after the end of the war.
I’m pretty well read on world war two and I’d never heard that before, so I decided to post it on “today I learned”.
There’s a real problem with Neo-nazis, less on lemmy, but it’s increasing worldwide. But you’re accusing the wrong person.
Were you really under any impression that the comment section on a post about war crimes against Nazis was going to go any other way? You knew exactly what you were getting into.
Rules for thee, but not for me
Yes I was to be honest. I didn’t imagine I would be accused of being a nazi because I detailed war crimes against them.
Not to mention I’ve made similar posts in the past about nazi war crimes against the allies, I believe one was specifically about the soviets, and people were quite respectful and intelligent in the comments.
For context, the Nazis took 6 million POWs and murdered 3 million. Far higher death rate, far higher in totality. The Nazis destroyed large parts of the USSR and murdered millions of Soviet civilians and POWs.
I definitely get what you were going for, and you’re not wrong. Unfortunately the internet isn’t the most objective place, and the thought process for most is just going to stop at, “Bad thing happened to Nazis… Meh.”
I’ve heard a lot about the Rwandan genocide, but this is my first time hearing of OP’s thing. It’s more interesting to read about something novel, which is probably why you see more of this being shared.
The west didn’t purge the Nazis hard enough.
The source of your quoted text is from Erich Maschke, a literal dyed-in-the-wool Nazi.
He joined the SA in 1933, the Nazi party in 1937, and was in charge of training the Wehrmacht general staff in Poland during WW2. He was publically in favor of German colonization and domination of the “Eastern territory”.
So allow me to disregard his opinion on the treatment of German POWs by those he wished to have eradicated.
– regards, a German, whose grandfather lost a leg in a Russian POW camp and returned as an alcoholic who beat his wife and kids daily.
It actually rules that they worked all those Nazis to death digging a ditch between the Don and the Volga.