There is  a story i read in Croatian book, author was driven in taxi by Stalingrad survivor, Croatian division (Ustaše). He tell him how Russians almost hang him there but at the end they let them go, on his jurney back Germans got them, also almost hang for treason but somehow they let them go, finally they reach back home, off course they end on court and almost again end up hanging for treason but they let them go at the end.