Summary- Between 1953 and 1956, thousands of German prisoners of war finally returned home after years of c*ptivity, mostly from the Soviet Union. Many had been held since World War II ended in 1945, used as f*rced labour in Soviet industries and camps. The returns began after Stalin’s d*ath in 1953, when Soviet leaders started releasing surviving POWs as a political gesture. Most arrivals were filmed at Friedland Camp in West Germany, known as the “Gateway to Freedom.” Families waited with flow