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Description
Mr. Gies discusses the relative treatment for British and Russian POWs, with the Russians faring far worse. He notes that the Russian camp saw many deaths by starvation and suicide.
Transcription
We weren’t treated as bad, the British weren’t treated as bad as the Russians. We used to have the Russians see they were, seemed to be working on farms and if they had misdemeanor they were sent back to camp and then they gave them a hellish treatment. The Russians were starving off on an average of forty a day toward, in 1918. What didn’t die of starvation, they killed themselves, they hung themselves or drowned themselves.
Catégories
Russian POW's were miserably treated.
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
First World War
Personne interviewée
Frederick Gies
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
71st Battalion
Durée
0:41