Following the war, the over 2.5 million liberated Ostarbeiter were often repatriated and in the USSR they suffered from social ostracization as well as deportation to gulags for "re-education."
Setelah perang berakhir, lebih dari 2,5 juta Ostarbeiter yang dibebaskan direpatriasi ke Uni Soviet dan di sana mereka menderita kekerasan sosial dan deportasi ke Gulag untuk "edukasi ulang".