How did the Soviets react to finding concentration camps?

First of all, my understanding is that the Red Army was not involved in killing operations to the same extent as the Wehrmacht. The NKVD was used for killing operations, but not like the NAZI Einsatzgruppen. read more

The reaction was not similar to the one of Brittish or American soldiers - partly due to the fact that USSR had its own concentration camp system (Gulag) which was located mostly in the northern part of Siberia and partly because of the overall different mindset - while individualism and the importance of human rights were a natural phenomenon in the West, collectivism and diminishing of an individual's importance were prevailent in the USSR. read more

Concentration camps were initially set up as prisons for political prisoners in Germany, though they later came to encompass all prison and labour camps the Germans set up all over occupied Europe. read more

For years, the West has been accused of doing nothing to stop the Nazi death camps. But, in a major new book, a leading historian says the real failure lay in the warped value of our Soviet allies. read more