I'm going to go with Alexander Werths Observations on this.

Bad things did happen in the winter of 1944/45 as the armies of Russia entered the Prussian homeland and Germany proper. Just as bad things happened in the occupied lands of Russia. Who is to blame?

I am more than willing to say that considering the policies of the Nazi high command, they victimized the German people also. Some of them were never punished.

We need to give credit where credit is due.

One the pic, why are the men wearing shoulder boards. Was this normal? I doubt very much that Russian soldiers wore insignia on their uniforms in a war zone although I have heard that German soldiers wore medals visible in such circumstances. Did the Red Army? Was it a preferance?