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]

  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    2 months ago

    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.

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      2 months ago

      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.

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        2 months ago

        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.

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          2 months ago

          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.”