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Old 10-12-2021, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Raellus View Post
In the final chapter, the author contends that cannibalism became such a problem among Axis prisoners following the surrender of German 6th Army that the Soviets formed "anticannibalism" squads of German officers armed with crowbars to kill cannibals on sight. I'm a little skeptical, but it certainly could have happened.

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Things got horribly bad in the POW camps housing Stalingrad captives. I think fewer than 10% - think it was a bit less of 7,000 of ~70,000 - made it back to Germany.
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