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The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were
not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as
women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In
this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam
Gebhardt reveals for the first time the scale of this human
tragedy, which continued long after the hostilities had ended.
Discussion in recent years of the rape of German women committed at
the end of the war has focused almost exclusively on the crimes
committed by Soviet soldiers, but Gebhardt shows that this picture
is misleading. Crimes were committed as much by the Western Allies
- American, French and British - as by the members of the Red Army.
Nor was the suffering limited to the immediate aftermath of the
war. Gebhardt powerfully recounts how raped women continued to be
the victims of doctors, who arbitrarily granted or refused
abortions, welfare workers, who put pregnant women in homes, and
wider society, which even today prefers to ignore these crimes.
Crimes Unspoken is the first historical account to expose the true
extent of sexual violence in Germany at the end of the war,
offering valuable new insight into a key period of 20th century
history.
The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were
not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as
women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In
this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam
Gebhardt reveals for the first time the scale of this human
tragedy, which continued long after the hostilities had ended.
Discussion in recent years of the rape of German women committed at
the end of the war has focused almost exclusively on the crimes
committed by Soviet soldiers, but Gebhardt shows that this picture
is misleading. Crimes were committed as much by the Western Allies
- American, French and British - as by the members of the Red Army,
and they occurred not only in Berlin but throughout Germany. Nor
was the suffering limited to the immediate aftermath of the war.
Gebhardt powerfully recounts how raped women continued to be the
victims of doctors, who arbitrarily granted or refused abortions,
welfare workers, who put pregnant women in homes, and wider
society, which even today prefers to ignore these crimes. Crimes
Unspoken is the first historical account to expose the true extent
of sexual violence in Germany at the end of the war, offering
valuable new insight into a key period of 20th century history.
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