Soviet Red Army veterans - now living in U.S. - recall end Of World War II

From a school auditorium near the ruins of Berlin in May 1945, Soviet soldier Boris Polyakov radioed Soviet leaders the message that German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel had signed the Unconditional Surrender. Later, it was celebration time for the soldiers at Karlhorst, the German Army school where Soviet Field Marshal Georgy Zhokov had his HQ, said Polyakov, one of the Soviet Jews who moved to the U.S. in the 1970s. During the Cold War, Jewish WW2 veterans were treated as second-class citizens. Survival on the Eastern Front was a matter of luck: one unit Vladimir Ioffe served in went into battle 300 strong. 8 survived.

Now Living In U.S., Soviet Army Veterans Recall End Of WW II In Europe - Courant.com

 

i wonder if any of them wrote about their experiences during ww2 at all