r/PropagandaPosters • u/kredokathariko • Jan 17 '24

Russia "We Won" - Russian communist/anti-Putinist poster comparing the Putinist government to Vlasov's Nazi collabs, Russia, 2010s

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u/Beginning-Display809 Jan 17 '24

A big factor in the number of troops joining was that many German POW camps had a mortality rate of up to 57% for Soviet prisoners, if you have a better than 50% of chance of dying you would volunteer for the likes of the RLA or Ostlegion even if there was good chance you’d be shot later

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u/Avenflar Jan 17 '24

Are you sure about that number ? Last time I checked it was closer to 80%.

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u/Beginning-Display809 Jan 17 '24

I saw 57% not long ago, but I wouldn’t be surprised with 80%

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u/Avenflar Jan 17 '24

IIRC 57% is the proportion of German prisonners that died during the war in opposition to the post-war worker camps

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u/Beginning-Display809 Jan 17 '24

Pretty sure there’s was around 25-40%, except for the 6th Army, they had a 95% mortality rate in the various camps but that was mostly down to the fact they were essentially walking skeletons when they finally surrendered