Russian prisoners are taken to train from camp in Plattling Germany for their return to Russia soon after World War II

Russian prisoners are taken to train from camp in Plattling, Germany for their return to Russia soon after World War II.
Location: Plattling Germany
Date: 1946, February 24
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: NO SOUND

Camp for Russian prisoners in Plattling, Germany soon after World War II. Russian prisoners being placed in line by a U.S. soldiers. Prisoners walk along a field and being lined up. Prisoners carry their meager possessions. Line of U.S. trucks. Russian and U.S. soldiers on guard. Line of Russian prisoners being marched to trucks for return to Russia. Prisoners getting into a truck guarded by rifle carrying U.S. soldiers. Truck pulls off. Trucks drive up to a train. Prisoners being searched for knives or weapons of any kind. Historical record accompanying the footage indicates that these Russian prisoners were former Russian soldiers, captured by the Germans, and that some of them then joined and fought for Germany.

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From:
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675074004_Russian-prisoners_United-States-soldiers_Russian-prisoners-return_prisoners-searched

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