Was Russian occupation worse than Nazi occupation?
Were the Nazis preferred to the Communists in this region?
Certainly would help explain the rabid anti-Russian sentiment if its true.
Neither was preferred.
The communists were brutal to their European captors for decades.
That is why, nearly all the Warsaw Pact countries, prefer the West and US to their Russian bullies.
Present Russia imperialism pushes all of them to the West. It’s common sense.
Today, however, nobody in Europe goes to bed fearing that German soldiers will come crashing over their borders in the wee hours. The same cannot be said about Russia.