Title: Tried for treason against the motherland: Soviet generals condemned after release from German captivity
Abstract:This, the third article in an ongoing series on the fate of Red Army general officers captured by the Germans during World War II, is perhaps the most depressing. In it Maslov relates how an ungratefu...This, the third article in an ongoing series on the fate of Red Army general officers captured by the Germans during World War II, is perhaps the most depressing. In it Maslov relates how an ungrateful state condemned for treason against their Homeland many of those who had served it loyally both in combat and in German prisoner‐of‐war camps. By exploiting unprecedented archival materials, Maslov demonstrates how Stalin and Soviet security organs condemned and shot many of the returnee‐generals. Many were executed on trumped up charges, as scapegoats for the real crimes committed by Stalin and the military Soviet leadership during the tragic initial period of the war. Coincidentally, Maslov presents a unique glimpse of the social history of the pre‐war Red Army officer corps.Read More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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