POW labor in the Soviet Union
Systematic POW labor in the Soviet Union is associated primarily with the outcomes of World War II and covers the period of 1939–1956, from the official formation of the first POW camps, to the repatriation of the last POWs, from the Kwantung Army.
This form of
By the end of World War II, the Soviet Union amassed a huge number of
The POW and internees were handled by 24 frontline camps, 72 transit camps, over 500 labor camps and "special camps", 421 "worker battalions" (рабочий батальон), 214 "special hospitals", and 322 camps for handling of repatriation, over the whole territory of the Soviet Union.[1] Many POWs were used for the reconstruction of cities damaged by the Wehrmacht during World War II.
In 2000 a collection of Soviet archived documents related to POWs in the Soviet union was published in Russia, with an introduction, map of POW camps, and comments.[1]
See also
- Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union
- Forced labor of Hungarians in the Soviet Union
- Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939
- Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
- WW II forced labor reparations
- Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
- Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
References
- ^ ISBN 5-88439-093-9(Военнопленные в СССР. 1939-1956: Документы и материалы Науч.-исслед. ин-т проблем экон. истории ХХ века и др.; Под ред. М.М. Загорулько. - М.: Логос, 2000. - 1118 с.: ил.)
- ^ Галицкий В.П., "Вражеские военнопленные в СССР (1941-1945 гг.)", Военно-исторический журнал, 1990, no. 9. pp 44-55.