We also do not pay enough attention to those who were on the Soviet side of that war. Many did not survive, and some did. There is way less written about them than about those who were under Nazis … One reason – territory under Nazis was freed after WW2 and evidence and people were there, while those who were in Siberia were often unaccounted for… There is a book “Children of Teheran” about Polish children who were evacuated from Poland into Russia and Central Asia, and later were sent to Iran and then to Palestine (thanks to Polish government in exile who insisted on getting these children when Soviets allowed Poles to organize their army from those in Soviet exile/labor camps). The book documents their experiences through multiple interviews.
