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Originally Posted by Sloniksp
Most Soviet troops in German captivity died of starvation. The ones which had survived were liberated by the Red Army only to be sent to the Gulags for "allowing to be captured".
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It is estimated that around 3.5 million of 5.5 million Soviet POW's in German captivity died through ill-treatment.
In regards the survivors, according to Soviet sources, they liberated 1,836,562 Soviet POW's from German captivity, of these nearly 1,000,000 were sent back to service in the Soviet Army, another 600,000 were sent to labour battalions, and only the 233,400 who were suspected of collaborating with the Germans (ie Hiwis) were sent to the gulags