Mariupol: 97-year-old WWII P.O.W. Anna Ivanovna survives neo-Nazi Azov captivity 80 years later

As Mark Twain famously said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

97-year-old Mariupol resident Anna Ivanovna, held prisoner by the Nazis from 1942 to 1945, survives three weeks of captivity under the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion 80 years later.

Anna Ivanovna was safely evacuated to Donetsk, accompanied by war correspondent Semyon Pegov.

Date: 23 Mar. 2022.
Location: Mariupol, Donetsk

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