*I have a brother-in-law whose father fought for the Germans, When Stalingrad was surrenered he served his time in Siberia till 1947. That is right 1947.*
Your brother in law got off easy—some of those guys didn’t get released by the Russians until the mid 50s.
Your brother in law got off easy—some of those guys didn’t get released by the Russians until the mid 50s.
Of the 90,000 Germans captured at Stalingrad, less than 6000 returned to Germany after the war and most of them only survived because they collaborated with the Soviets while in prison camps. I had the unusual experience of having 2 uncles who fought on opposite sides during the war-one uncle fought for the USA in North Africa while the other fought for the German Army and was captured in Russia in 1944. He was released from Soviet captivity in 1950.