For over 80 years, the fate of Bokejon Akramov, a Soviet POW who escaped from Nazi captivity on Jersey and was sheltered by local farmers, remained a mystery until BBC teams discovered his descendants in Uzbekistan, revealing the profound impact of his wartime experiences on his life and family, and leading to a posthumous recognition of his rescuers. #WorldWarII #SovietHistory #HumanKindness #UZ #JP #RU
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Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
For more than 80 years, no-one knew what happened to a Soviet prisoner of war who escaped from the Nazis on the Channel Islands and spent the rest of World War Two hiding from the German occupiers with a local family.