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[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mr Dobrowolski was a Ukrainian who reportedly defected from the Red Army to become the Nazi’s chief informant in the region of Chernihiv.

Ms Metreweli never met her grandfather as he stayed in Nazi-occupied Ukraine while his family fled the Red Army liberation of the region in 1943.

The documents held in Freiburg, Germany describe how Mr Dobrowolski was dubbed ‘Agent 30’ by his Nazi commanders.

Born to a German-Polish father and a Ukrainian mother in 1906, the Daily Mail reports he hated the Soviet Union when his family’s estate was seized after the 1917 revolution.

He joined the Nazis in 1941, and was paid a monthly wage of just 81 Reichsmark, around £250 today, for spying.

In letters to his Nazi officers, he signed off “Heil Hitler” and said he took part in a massacre of Jewish people near Kyiv.

The Daily Mail reported that there are also accounts of him looting the bodies of Holocaust victims and laughing at the sexual assault of female prisoners.

The Soviets put a 50,000-rouble – the equivalent of £200,000 today – bounty on Mr Dobrowolski and labelled him “the worst enemy of the Ukrainian people”.

Canadian parliament will give this guy his own day when they hear about him

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

50,000-rouble – the equivalent of £200,000 today

How did they calculate this? This seems completely off.

EDIT:
Some quick searches indicate that, after converting from the Soviet ruble to British pound in 1941, and then accounting for inflation, we get the figure of around 58 059 000 pounds - greater by two orders of magnitude.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh wow, brownie points for her, he wasn’t a member of the British Empire

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

Like grandfather, like granddaughter. Proudly following in the steps of evil and fascism. I'm sure he'd tear up with pride.