Sweden During World War II - Aftermath - Forced Repatriation

Forced Repatriation

Further information: Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers

In January 1946, Sweden handed over 146 Baltic and 2,364 German soldiers who had been interned in Swedish prison camps to the Soviet Union. At least seven of the internees committed suicide at their camp in the village Rinkaby, Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden, rather than allowing themselves to be sent by Sweden to near certain death in the Soviet Union.

In 1970, film director Johan Bergenstråhle made a documentary, Baltutlämningen (English title: A Baltic Tragedy), about the Latvian soldiers who were given to the Soviets to be sentenced to hard labor in prison camps.

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