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Soviet POWs get 'special treatment'

24th June 1942: The Wehrmacht continue to implement Hitlers order to eliminate the political officers within the ranks of the Red Army

Jun 24, 2022
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A select group of Red Army prisoners are shown being led away during the early days of Barbarossa in June 1941.
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