The Soviets did not honor the Geneva convention, as they had not even signed it at the time. The Germans explicitely suspended its use in their armed forces fo

The Soviets did not honor the Geneva convention, as they had not even signed it at the time. The Germans explicitely suspended its use in their armed forces for the Eastern Front – which is why millions of Soviet PoWs were left to die of starvation in what was basically large cattle pens while Jews or card-carrying Communists were to be shot on the spot after capture.