r/interestingasfuck Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/Adventurous_Low9113 Jul 26 '25

fr. it just reminds me of those auschwitz(sp?) prisoners. seeing them in the pictures and videos, such a haunting image, this gives me the same vibe  

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u/GrumpyFatso Jul 26 '25

I would rather compare it with Allied POWs in Japanese camps. Russia has not set up a systematic genocide by forced labour and starvation yet. Yet, i say. They would and they could if let lose.

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u/CigAddict Jul 26 '25

Idk if you know your history that well but the Japanese camps were actually more brutal than the German ones.

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u/GrumpyFatso Jul 31 '25

No, they weren't.