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There was also the whole getting sent to "work camps" thing...
The British ran concentration camps too.
Up to a million German soldiers died in Soviet captivity. Being in Allied captivity was a walk in the park in comparison.
The Reihnwiesen weren't exactly a walk in the park. But at least they were mostly temporary.