Trivia
When Stalin's son, Lt. Yakov Dzhugashvili, was captured by the Wehrmacht, Daluege is credited with the idea of offering POW Dzhugashvili back to the Red Army in exchange for the release of Field Marshal Paulus. Joseph Stalin turned down the offer, allegedly stating that "a Lieutenant was not worth a General." Daluege then arranged for Dzhugashvili to be interned at Sachsenhausen concentration camp where he died at the age of 36. The Germans stated officially that Yakov died by running into an electric fence. Some have contended that he committed suicide at the camp while others have suggested that he was murdered.
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