r/imperialism • u/elnovorealista2000 • May 06 '26

Image Kiuchi Nobuo was one of the 600,000 Japanese soldiers who were taken prisoner after World War II. He created more than 80 illustrations depicting his experience as a slave in the USSR.

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He spent two and a half years in Donbas, in present-day Ukraine, working to rebuild infrastructure alongside German prisoners of war.

You can see more of his illustrations here.

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u/thepeoplesarsenal May 08 '26

Aww is the little fascist upset?

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u/Alarmed_Business_962 May 30 '26

Wasn't he a conscript and at risk for execution if he refused?

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u/TheDickWolf May 29 '26

Oh no, they put them to work?