Their only shelter was what they built themselves in the forests by cutting down trees. They had minimal medical care and little food. Constantly. the Soviet guards taunted the Polish slave laborers that this was their life forever and reminded them that Poland ceased to exist as a state. Out of the deported 1.7 million. less then one third or 500.000 people were known to survive. Ted recalls successfully escaping these inhumane conditions as a prisoner from the labor camps. The first time. the Russian civilians he encountered were afraid of retribution for taking in a prisoner of war (POW).
Keywords matched
deported