The German Reich attacks the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. By the end of the war the German Army makes prisoners of about 5.7 million Red Army soldiers. Their treatment is criminal. Anti-Bolshevist and racist attitudes as well as the Nazi regime’s military and economic interests play a role. In all, over three million Soviet prisoners of war perish.

In the Soviet Union the survivors are confronted with the mistrust of the authorities. They are under a general suspicion of treason and for decades are discriminated against socially.

Soviet prisoners of war are one of the largest categories of victims of German mass crimes. Nevertheless, to this day they are hardly commemorated.

The online version of the exhibition features parts of the traveling exhibition first presented in 2021 at the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst.

The catalogue of the same name contains the complete exhibition content along with additional essays (€15 plus shipping; orders: kontakt@museum-karlshorst.de