After becoming prisoners of war of the Soviets, the Germans were not surprised that they would do cruel things.
If Germany widely established concentration camps, the Soviet Union was indeed the "pioneer" in this regard. A few years after the Great Purge era, Stalin established many forced labor camps, and prisoners of war currently live and live in such facilities. Prisoners of war were forced to participate in
Labor, those who refuse will be sentenced to death.
According to German propaganda, the red flags flying in red concentration camps such as the Gulag Islands and large and small labor camps in Siberia are supposed to be dyed red with the blood of the persecuted. Therefore, if captured by the Soviet Union, the ending will probably be extremely tragic. Such a country
Refusing to sign the Geneva Convention will not be able to guarantee the last bit of dignity as a prisoner.
Being reduced to prisoners, they are always mentally prepared to be executed. Even if it seems that these Soviets have torn off the mask of hypocrisy, it is not an indiscriminate shooting. Under the eleven-shot law, everyone has a 90% chance of survival.
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They could have revealed who was planning the escape and who was planning the attack, but because they were all members of the German nation, they refused to betray their compatriots. In terms of integrity, this was noble, but Yelentina dismissed it. After all,
In her opinion, these invaders are no different from man-eating devils.
The men and women were separated, and Hangelberg looked at the girls under him calmly. Could it be that such a tragic death awaits them?
Among the male prisoners of war, many were making the sign of the cross violently and praying to God for luck, while some were keeping calm with their eyes closed.
The women suffered mental breakdowns one after another, and many of them had become walking zombies, with tears streaming down their faces, or their eyes empty and confused.
Yelentina was not idle either, and the execution of a group of prisoners was approved by the Gomel Municipal Committee. In this swamp, few people were willing to say good things to the Germans, and almost every household among the residents had someone die at the hands of the Germans.
She looked at the prisoners again and couldn't help but sigh: "If Berekov were here, he would definitely stop us."
The soldiers began to prepare wooden sticks for drawing lots. One of the ten sticks was short, and one person in a group would be executed.
At this moment when he was waiting for the death sentence, Hangelberg stood up. He took ten steps forward with dignity and said calmly: "It's me! I ordered them to assassinate! I also made the escape plan."
As soon as this statement came out, the entire audience was in an uproar. It stands to reason that Yelentina would be furious if a mastermind came forward, but it turned out to be this person, who could believe it?
Only the comrades of the Gomel Municipal Party Committee were completely convinced. Lyudbarev asked Yevlov coldly: "This man seems unwilling to be a coward. He will personally stand up to accept the crime in order to protect others from unjust deaths."
"No! He is not!" Yevlov said righteously, "On the contrary, he is indeed protecting the prisoners of war, and also those women."
A surgeon was the mastermind of the assassination. It was still possible for someone to be confused, but no one wanted to be confused. Yelentina could easily see what lies were in his eyes, and said: "Hang."
Erberg! You have never killed anyone, and you have always protected human life. Besides, your other identity is an American! You can be our ally, and there is no reason to resist! You are protecting other people to protect others.
Organize us to kill innocent people indiscriminately."
Hangelberg's mind turned quickly, and he saw a huge opportunity from this woman's words. The total number of prisoners of war had reached 300, many of them were "farmers" who had been digging the ground all morning. They were captured before lunch.
They were led to death in a daze. If no one came forward, dozens of people would really be unjustly killed!
He raised his voice and said: "Since you admit that I am also an American, why do you still let me be a prisoner of war? I have two nationalities, one is an ally and the other is an enemy! What you are doing now is actually classifying me as a prisoner of war.
For an enemy, if I die, you can think of it as executing a prisoner, but the United States may think that the Soviet Union executed an American citizen."
Yelentina really did not consider this matter, and it was even more unexpected by the Gomel Municipal Party Committee.
Lyudbalev quickly asked the division commander whether this person's statement was true, and he received a positive answer from Yevlov.
Seeing that Jelentina was speechless, Hangelberg continued: "If we men are destined to die, what about those women? Are they at fault? They saved many of you after being captured. Isn't this a credit?
They didn't kill a single Soviet person, but they saved many lives. There is a story about a farmer and a snake in Aesop's fable, do you want to be a poisonous snake?"
There were already veins on Yelentina's forehead. She didn't expect this man to be so eloquent, and it really made sense after all.
After much deliberation, she did not answer this question, but asked instead: "Are we Soviets not human beings? You invaders do all kinds of evil, even from afar, just say Homnich, the women there have not become you
Slaves of the Germans. We have rescued many young women who have been played by you and turned into mental patients. They are also women. Why do you treat them like this? You can say that it was done by the SS and has nothing to do with the Wehrmacht. But in our battle
The ones who were beaten to death were Germans wearing Wehrmacht uniforms, and you are the criminals."
Speaking of excitement, Jelentina pointed her fingers directly at the male prisoners. She even lectured in fluent German, which the prisoners of war understood very well.
"You created a no-man's land on the road from Mozyr to Gomel, massacred villagers, and burned down villages. Here, many people reviled you for a simple reason. Because they narrowly escaped from your butcher's knife.
If our soldiers hadn't stopped you just now, hundreds of you would have died under the sticks of ordinary people."
These words tortured the conscience of the prisoners of war. It is understandable for soldiers to engage in bloody battles during the war, but the war has evolved into a total war, and civilians have become the focus of attacks. Are there any soldiers who opened fire on ordinary Soviets here? Yes! And not yet.
Less! Because their units, the 715th Division and the 722nd Division, are responsible for the service and security of the rear, and it is normal to deal with suspicious guerrilla elements.
However, in their opinion, what the Soviets are about to do is not very good. The massacre of prisoners will still happen. Once there is a second time, who can guarantee that if you become the lucky 90% today, you will still be able to do it next time?
Survived?
Hangelberg knew that Jelentina was lost in thought, so he took this opportunity to make his final appeal.
"I only have one request now. We German men were soldiers. Although not all of them participated in massacres and liquidations, we also killed and injured your soldiers on the battlefield. But those women are just doctors and nurses. Since you think we are devils,
Why do you need to be a devil again? The escape and attack have absolutely nothing to do with them. Don’t you need professional doctors and nurses now?”
In fact, the purpose of Yelenkina separating men and women was to know how the assassination of Yang Mingzhi could have anything to do with them. Even if they were to carry out a massacre, they still had to identify the targets. Some of these women were already dormant in the crotches of men.
Besides, those people are carefully selected, and the purpose of monitoring them is to obtain certain information. If these women conspire with other prisoners of war, the report will definitely appear on their desk. 8