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"...about 600,000 Hungarians were taken to the Soviet Union as prisoners during and after the second world war." "He probably took part in the joint German/Hun
by fractallyte 3y ago
"...about 600,000 Hungarians were taken to the Soviet Union as prisoners during and after the second world war."
"He probably took part in the joint German/Hungarian defence of Nyiregyhaza."
"Many of the wartime Hungarian prisoners were civilians, rounded up on the streets by the conquering Russian army and transported east in cattle-trucks to rebuild the Soviet Union. One in three of them died of cold, disease, and malnutrition."
The Soviets had different ideas of what "friends" meant.
- myth_drannon 3y agoWell, they were treated not better or worse than millions of its own citizens who were sent to Siberia. Including soviet pows who were automatically labeled traitors and sent to gulags.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoThis reminds me of a joke I once read somewhere: A Polish man and a Russian man were walking on a road when they stumbled upon a treasure chest. "What a fortune! Let's divide like friends!", exclaimed the Russian. "Nah, let's just each have a half.", replied the less excited Pole.
- ahoka 3y agoIf Russia is your friend, you don’t need enemies.