Soviet Prisoners of War in Romanian Camps in 1941–1944

Abstract

The article deals with basic aspects of the problem that involves the process of the stay of Soviet prisoners of war in Romanian camps during Second World War. The research was carried out on the basis of the archival documents. A part of the materials was included in science use for the first time. The largest Romanian camps for Soviet prisoners of war represented in the paper. The issue about incarceration conditions, feed of the inmates touched in the research. Generally, the position of prisoners of war in the camp was hard. Partly it happened because of seriously dependency of the guide Romanian army from the rulers of Hitler Germany. However, the permission in some camps of the representatives of the International Red Cross led to relief of the conditions of stay of inmates. After transition of Romania to party of the USSR and anti-Hitler coalition the Soviet prisoners of war were free. For the first time in research the front biographies of servicemen from Udmurtia who captured by Romanians were analyzed in the paper. The majority survived, joined the Red Army and returned to Udmurtia. The author determined that mortality of Soviet prisoners of war in Romanian camps was lesser than in German or Finnish.