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]

  • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days 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.”