Anyone here from Kazakhstan? My father was born there as a German

> it seems like many Russian-Germans went there during WW2 to escape from evil Russians.

exaplain

they were sent there in 1941 and the later war years (anti germans law/issue)

did you read this ob, btw?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_Germans#20th_century

germans in KZ == wolga germans

*op

>>71417704
Thanks for the link, very interesting

>>71417974
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%86%D1%8B

the russian version is interesting too, probably you can translate it

>>71418039
I try it with Google Translate or ask a friend later.


My great-granpa was in one of those KZ btw. They let him go after about a decade when he asked the guards to either shoot him or let him go. Even gave him money so he can travel back to his family

>>71418088
my mother's friend was marriend with a KZ german and they later moved to garmany but it was a while ago

im also a distant "relative" of wolga germans, about 1/8 german Xd but they weren't from KZ, and there probably too old for gulags, at least i don't know it

also they changed their surname to more russified variant so its probably saved them as well, since commies weren't really smart with documents etc