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Revision as of 02:35, 6 March 2010 by Linksnational (talk | contribs) (differ between Lagerbordell and Wehrmachtsbordell)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In World War II the German Reich established brothels in the concentration camps for sexual gratification of collaborating prisoners (Lagerbordell). The prostitutes working there came from the Ravensbrück concentration camp, to which women were brought for being prostitutes. The popular view on the german brothels in the concentration camps is influenced by the fictional nazi exploitation-films as Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, Last Orgy of the Third Reich, Love Camp 7, SS Experiment Camp or Nazi Love Camp 27.
The Wehrmacht also took over already established brothels in occupied europe to use them for their soldiers (Wehrmachtsbordell). The women working there had mostly been prostitutes before or hired later, but no prisoners. The leaders of the Wehrmacht were interested in running their own brothels, when sexual disease spread among the soldiers. In the controlled brothels the women frequently had a medical check for her own and the German soldiers benefit. Patrick Buisson pointed out, that under german occupation France was undergoing a sexual revolution. Because of their well trained bodies and better hygiene the German soldiers were very attractive to the french women. On shortage of food or goods women also practiced prostitution on occasion to get supplies to survive. Besides sexual diseases the Wehrmacht also feared espionage. On 29. Juli 1940 came the order to regulate the soldiers sex life and prevent diseases. Now on, free prostitution was forbidden and persecuted by the French police. Until 1942 there were 500 bordels of this kind in France and Eastern Europa.
See also
- Comfort women
- Joy Division (World War II)
- Recreation and Amusement Association
- Sexual slavery
- Nazi exploitation
Notes
- Erotische Invasion der Wehrmacht - Der französische Politologe Patrick Buisson stellt das Bild der deutschen Besatzung in Frage
- Helge Sander/Barbara Johr (Hrsg.), Befreier und Befreite - Krieg - Vergewaltigung - Kinder, Frankfurt a.M. 2005
References
- Template:De icon Christl Wickert (1996). "Das große Schweigen; Zwangsprostitution im Dritten Reich (The Big Silence: Forced Prostitution on the Third Reich)". WerkstattGeschichte. 13: 90–95. ISSN 0933-5706.
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