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Originally Posted by adonys
I'll tell you just one story, I've heard it countless times from all the elders I've talked with which were living those times.. when germans came, if you had two pigs, they would have taken one, and eventually give you something (no matter how symbolic) in exchange for it, and leave you the other.. when russian came, they would have taken both pigs, rape your wife and daugthers, take anything which could be carried away and eventually set everything remaining on fire..
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Sounds so familiar (minus the raping). What country were those elders from?
Soviets were not beasts per se, however there should be a distinction made: behavior is very different when soldiers are on offensive side, which hasn't suffered much losses, and when soldiers are retreating with lots of casualties or are back on offensive after lots of defeats. Germans were less nice while they were retreating, and Soviets were constantly fed with ideas of revenge by propaganda. Sadly it takes not much for war to make beast from human.