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Which German POW of World War 2 holds the record for surviving the longest period of Soviet captivity?
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∙ 19y ago
I'm not sure if this would be considered a POW but there was a German that was found in a mental institution in Rostov who died in 1997 that had been a POW prior to his transfer to the institution. So he'd have been there between 52-55 years.
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∙ 19y ago
Franz Gockel holds the record for surviving the longest period of Soviet captivity. He was a German prisoner of war in the Soviet Union during World War II and was held for over 10,000 days until his release in 1955.
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