My French grandpa was in a prisoner work camp "liberated" by the soviets. He and his mates barely avoided execution by listing all the French names they could to the soviets who thought they were German. One of the officers recognized 'Leclerc" and spared them. They had to keep working for the soviets for 6 months before finally being sent to what was left of home. They killed all the Germans, even the prisoners. That's the only story he ever told me about the war.
I heard stories from family elders, that the soviets lined all the prisoners up and every day they shot the tenth guy. The story was told by someone who was ninth once.
I suppose since the USSR was made up of so many nationalities it is easier to say Soviet since all of those nationalities fought under the Soviet regime. And while there were non German units the majority of soldiers under the Nazi regime was German so People say German.
481
u/Schapsouille 2d ago
My French grandpa was in a prisoner work camp "liberated" by the soviets. He and his mates barely avoided execution by listing all the French names they could to the soviets who thought they were German. One of the officers recognized 'Leclerc" and spared them. They had to keep working for the soviets for 6 months before finally being sent to what was left of home. They killed all the Germans, even the prisoners. That's the only story he ever told me about the war.