Some German POW's did indeed become accepted in the local communities, got
married and lived a full life as far as a Russian could live at the time. I
know of a story of two German soldiers who were beer makers before the war and
before they entered the German Miliyary. Because of this they were very popular
and were put to work making beer for the locals. When Commisars would come
through looking for the Fascists the locals would tell the Commisar no German's
were to be found in the local area. If the Commisar pressed the issue the local
russians would delicatly hint that the commisar should take some vodka as a
gift and be on his way and I do not know how they implied this but by some use
of words they let it be known that if he did not want to end up in a ditch with
his juglar cut open he'd take the vodka and leave. This is how much the locals
prized the German Beer.
So I heard that years later the Germans became owners of the brewery the
locals set up for them.
As for the Wounded no one I have talked to knows for sure. Conventional wisdom
says the Russians just left them to die from the cold in the basements.
Possibly bayoneted a few who were suspected of recovering too soon.
Mike
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