The estimate of prisoners in the camps was as much as 35,000 and many were subject to transfer to camps in the Soviet Union .
All Soviet labor camps in East Germany were ordered closed by the Soviet Control Commission administrator , General Vassily Chuikov .
The estimate of prisoners in the camps was as much as 35,000 and many were subject to transfer to camps in the Soviet   .
All Soviet labor camps in East Germany were ordered closed by the Soviet Control Commission administrator , General Vassily Chuikov .