Tag: POWs

Monument Tribute to Victims of the Soviet Gulag Vandalized

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In the Perm Territory of post-Soviet Russia, unknown saboteurs demolished a memorial in memory of Lithuanians and Poles exiled here for slavery during the period of Soviet political repressions. The monument was erected seven years ago at the cemetery of the abandoned special settlement of Galyashor and did not have official status. The burial ground was looked after by residents of the neighbouring village, descendants of the repressed and human rights activists. 

No prisoners to be taken after Ukrainian troops slaughter Russian POWs

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The head of Russia’s Wagner Group Prigozhin has set out an order not to capture and destroy all the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine violate the laws of humanism by killing Russian prisoners of war, said businessman and founder of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin, commenting on the audio intercept of a Ukrainian military conversation about the execution of a wounded pilot, his words are given in the Telegram channel of the businessman’s press service.

British forced surrendering German Troops into cages in Belgian Zoos

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When the British troops took the Belgian city of Antwerp, hitherto held by the Germans, they found that they did not have a suitable place to keep the prisoners locked up. After searching unsuccessfully for a cinema or theatre that could serve as a prison, the British realized that the zoo was empty, since, it was said, the hungry population had eaten most of the animals. Thus, the zoo was soon filled with new occupants. The six thousand prisoners who were to be accommodated there were distributed by category; The officers, the Belgian fascists and the citizens who had collaborated with the Germans ended up in the lions’ enclosure. Prisoners of another type were assigned the bear pit, the tiger cage, or the monkey house. As a witness would describe, ‘the prisoners remained sitting on piles of straw, looking through the bars.’

I Survived a Firing Squad

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Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is standing next to you and then have the squad shoulder their rifles and march away having not fired a shot?  What are the odds of that happening during a war situation?

The Allies Genocide of 14 million ethnic Germans ended only when the Soviets stepped in and rescued the nation’s survivors

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In response to our superbly researched story about the absence of German atrocities during World War II, to which were added many admissions by Allied commanders that the German armed forces treated their captives far better than convention required, a Canadian reader suggested that we republish The Silence of the Lambs to the Slaughter.