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Hank, cheers mate, that's great.

Can anyone tell me how the normal soldiers addressed their superiors? Did they use any special phrasing when it came to giving an official report or when answering a question? Something along the lines of, "The private begs to report" etc etc.? Or was it a lot looser than how I envisage it...

That's a good ending to what could have been a very unfortunate story. A neighbour of mine worked in the mines of the Magadan region and he told me a couple of pretty harrowing stories. Like, for example, the day he lost his thumb in an accident and they docked him his day's food ration because he c...

Thanks a lot to you al who posted replies.
I've looked most of them up on the net and it seems to me that the guys who were shot out of hand by the Russians got the better deal.
Whatever, many thanks again.
Reg.

Thanks to all who have replied, what a sorted site this is!

I'm new to the forum so forgive me if this subject has already been covered. I'm looking for websites that cover the experiences of German soldiers after 1945 in the Russian Gulag system; especially Waffen SS soldiers. I am also interested in any maps, history and personalities that may help in my r...