Sex and the Nazi soldier : violent, commercial and consensual encounters during the war in the Soviet Union, 1941-45 /
Regina Mühlhäuser ; translated by Jessica Spengler.
- Revisedition. and extended edition.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 392 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Advances in critical military studies .
"Originally published in German as Eroberungen: Sexuelle Gewalttaten und intime Beziehungen deutscher Soldaten in der Sowjetunion 1941-1945"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Introduction : war, violence, sexuality -- 2. Sexual violence -- 3. Sexual transactions -- 4. Consensual relations -- 5. Occupation children -- 6. Concluding remarks : gender, sexuality and violence in the war and post-war period -- 7. Epilogue : what can we learn from the Nazi case?
Sexual violence was a widespread reality during the war and the occupation in the Soviet Union: Wehrmacht soldiers and SS men made women and girls victims of sexual torture, committed rape and sexual enslavement. They also visited both 'secret' prostitutes and official military brothels, and had encounters with women who were forced to trade sex for protection or food. In some areas, they engaged in consensual relations, which sometimes led to applications for marriage permits.--
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Soviet Union. Soldiers--Sexual behavior--Soviet Union. Sex crimes--History--Soviet Union--20th century.