lol, lmao, roflcopter, heehawspaceship
https://www.reddit.com/r/MorbidReality/comments/10omztb/january_1946_former_ss_officers_hiding_in_sweden/j6flvid/
Background: Sweden was a neutral country during the war, and in 1945 it became an attractive destination for former Nazi soldiers hoping to escape the Allies. One such example was 150 Lithuanian and Latvian S.S. soldiers who fled to Sweden after the war. Initially the Swedish government agreed to let them stay as political refugees, but the Soviet government discovered this and applied heavy pressure to have them deported. Sweden ended up agreeing, and all 150 were scheduled for removal. Upon hearing this, the terrified soldiers protested in a number of ways including hunger strikes and even stripping off their clothes, as in the photo above. But in the end the process went through. Several were executed immediately upon arrival and the rest sentenced to hard labor in Soviet gulags. This event is known as the baltutlämningen in Sweden.
Source for this photo in particular. More photos can be found here:
https://www.aef.se/Omvarlden/Bilder/O_N1_baltutl_2].jpg
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGVkOGI5MGUtYTA4Mi00OTg5LTg2NDktMmEzNThjZDk5ZjZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI3MDczMjI@.V1.jpg
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd0ad_ab36e858029246b9b99ff581fe51a53amv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_261,h_174,q_90/9fd0ad_ab36e858029246b9b99ff581fe51a53amv2.jpg
They fucking survived into the 90s, and yet ussr=gulag=concentration camp. If these scum could make it that long in an environment that at least started out very hostile to them, one has to wonder if there is something we're missing in the common narrative about life in the Soviet Union.
Someone mention the Soviet penal system?