Women who would been infatuated from munich black. Suddenly in the night, i heard terrible screams and cries, i the truck last night. I was like, what had gone there because i couldnt sleep. And they said yes. People had common rates. The women scream were so horrendous by this law. So i please the submission and actually it was a nationwide catastrophe. One that effected an entire generation full for give you the ability the scottish desk. How often did i hear that 70 years ago . Because i was award shows like this thoughts of the area that were conveyed all the hor, it definitely is that we always said i was taken when we talked about it. Then the advisors for my treat yourself guilty and you felt dirty game that i come in. The hopes are in general. So you can see that not enough have to meet of the fact that all troops committed acts of Sexual Violence x and the guy talking. Always good tom. These are we have to show the soviet army, the americans, the french and the british law, live in via damage via i think that if were focusing primarily on the violence, august emitted by the red army, talking to holton. Im meet so constantly and then what we mean stuck in a very simplistic explanatory model. Cleveland small special. The ticket was doing is i did right. Theres an old account through the pass in, in war time, sykes with the vic to shows the enemy, soldiers or the from the front protect your women, mina, and its a way of diesel entering the mens military on out. If you think the just about i was searching for my identity for 40 years is crazy thing is that this rape is what led me to be in the live, leave the in europe to the 2nd world war. I just come to an end gym and shes a in ruins. In 1945, the months between the end of fighting and the new beginning was sort of chaos, dispatch euphoria, guilt and had but this was also a time that proved to be especially dangerous for women. The minus the need clicker said somebody, conservative estimate are set to work close to 900000 great victim. All the number of rapes themselves could be much higher because many victims were raped multiple times or to go for the body to support women were raped by allied soldiers in the 1st weeks and months of the surrender of nazi germany violated by those who came to europe as liberal rates as American British and french troops and soldiers from the soviet red. Tell me this highest best. This means theres likely no German Family or family that lived in germany at the time that wasnt effected in some way and advise it up front. The coffee either completely to their own assault or at least to the fear that it could happen to their own family members for this. I can then from in on googling pepsi, im printing the only when she was a 2 years old student maximilian, a hikers mother in law, goes speak of childhood memories of soldiers and awful screens. In the spring of 1945 off to ad rates, the u. S army occupied the bavarian town of lands. Hoot, 4 year old ma go her mother and the female cousin. So shell to bring the seller to fowling home so. So the women live together more or less without men. Im just on gig and then in april 19, 45 and 50 shots to come back. When the bombardments of lungs, who became too severe house, they fled to a house and fog off right. Connected to the church, the, id still me to kind of on for when the americans arrived, they forced their way into the house. On the other day, there were several of them and they were heavily armed as house they saw on the search and the house from top to bottom. And then in a cupboard in one of the bedrooms, they saw them locks uniform hanging on a hanger. Im really and then they asked, where is this man home . Donkey fox, where is this man . Where is the soldier long voice . So thought went on st. Pete max and then they were more and more aggressive and true. The women into the bedroom, the shut off to make you 3, the once done. Com is incentive, then thats reducing the bedroom thoughts. Um yeah, i know that one of the soldiers threw my grandmother steps onto the bed of spit and tried to take her clothes off. Yes, its the mungo stayed silent for decades in the family. No one ever spoke about the events that occurred at the end of april 1945. It was only her daughter maximilian, who upon learning of her grandmothers right, decided to find out more about the time us troops and to this area. She began looking for witnesses to this history and especially in the villages was matched with the world of silence. As of this yesterday, faith, this sort of ours, i feel that i work wasnt a small rural area on the border between the Upper Bavaria and lower bavaria. I think in the districts of altitude. Wish to be very Catholic Community with a lot of social control. The backs in new incidents had occurred as yet it took almost a year to find women and also men a space who were willing to tell me what happened there. Me not a team have done it. Said it almost the story. I my a be a long yeah. So all, and we werent so afraid of the soldiers through the russians coming here. So wed heard terrible things about them, but hope the americans would arrive before the russians. You saw the ears. It was a 1st and we were at the made of oceans to the virgin mary. You could hear the sounds of the tags and vehicles in the church. Suddenly the priest said so that the enemy has forced its way into our village and is in doors and get to go home to keep read. No women and girls were to comport themselves with dignity and space of the enemy be cut off of find they came upstairs to our place. 2 Young Americans looked like single measuring sticks, and of course they saw my mother and my sister. Talk to them right away when the side of items annexed rate is a weapon of war. And as long as Army Commanders dont take strictly actions against their tolerating it. And perhaps even exploiting it for their own military aims. Ex, sealed by 6, because the actual violence i was in a certain sense that so intimate, that it can rupture, Family Structures the to them, that connection nines, the social cohesion of a society in a long term, long for us to get charged around. Come now, need be honest as we can down the traumatic experiences. She associates with february of 1945, but then she, with the red armies, rested thompson to press now the historical capital of st. Easier, now known as the polish city of lots less feet. It was a shed implementing is a big cities were destroyed, but not for as low as you where we had air red warnings, you got the magazine and we always said, thats why were in for it. Now. The one thats funny and it was a disaster, was the russian spend a ring around personnel in circling the c breast slow was around it, and it was a fortress. Im sure thats the ones that fist on the city was supposed to serve as simple walks and stuff to the russians from. Its on the same. So the order to event to 8 came fall to lights, the new need. The alice was just 14 years old at the time of the divine and cannot find the word uncle reinhold center. And he was my fathers youngest brother. The say it was nothing regarding my mind. I can still see a sitting there in a circle like this. I sat here and my mother was next to me. The window started on the moms other side, sat, my brother vince feed, my youngest brother, the interest of the stillman, i stormed in and we just sat like the dog is this size. The i dont know if we screened or cried. We trembled sitting there. How does this come . I know one soldier came in, the city looked around me, saw me set and yanked me towards him. The look and mother cried out the spice didnt know exactly and how he threw me on the floor in the drawer and stop it happened that it is done. I see it like they should be in the spring night, and what that the landing land one another i am on soft tissue of the land and 10 mazda were among around 1400000 women who were raped while fleeing east prussia or site easier often more than once, nazi propaganda or about the red menace meant fear of the soviet soldiers was especially great not to me and felt like one more afraid of the slavic peoples in the because of the rid of this higher key of the time they were portrayed as monstrous, most primitive, a thing as beast driven by physical urges as best 10 guitars, ms. Wharton vaughn. So accordingly they triggered more fears of colors. Angel fits on his own to roush, calculated their opponents, eventual or full revenge into that comes in his diary, minister of propaganda use if gathers quoted to hit nervous saying not long, often not see germanys invasion of the soviet union in 1941. We have so much to answer for that, we must win because otherwise our entire nation with us, the tips head will be around to k to along with all the whole deal. So lets get to work. Good for picking the nazi leadership. The heads of the van law and even individual soldiers was suddenly conscious like the german crime is committed in the eastern territories and they ordered them knew about them, sold them, or even committed them if they knew all too well that a red army came to germany, then god have mercy on us on it. When School Started 1945, the russian army stood. 80 kilometer is outside, but then was preparing its attack on the german capital. Close to 3000000 people was still living that among the women panic was growing many. So killing themselves as the only way to evaluate the enemy. In april, the number of suicides in berlin reached record levels that place to 4000 the on the 8th of may 1965, hitlers note c gemini surrendered. The last great best of the 2nd world war on european soil was now as the villages leading was one huge war trophy. The soldiers were given free reign to enjoy the victory, and even in the house can keep the victims of this flesh of victory. But the women, it said that a few Red Army Soldiers carried a leaflet with them, which said, crush the germanic womens, racial pride. Take them as your rightful spoils. The civic envy students will revenge was certainly an important motivated on perhaps what most important whitening but other factors also came into play, especially the internal military culture and i read amin, a band on vacations and a casualties. One poll cohesion says bad leadership by offices and sergeants who kept passing the pressure down from the upper ranks with them. And then to relieve this pressure, theyve let their own troops run, wilds kind of office the bus to do what i mean. What is this true for the red army us for the us army . Was that troops had certain images of the more of the probity of German Society and german women, the shops of discharge. And these seem to justify not applying any moral standards and their dealings with them on the document in the the, its on the says of the us army from the west seem to worried the gem and population less. In march of 1945, the americans cross the rhine, and by 8 pul, theyd already reached the range you inclined, but no, the village priest wrote him relief. The americans are coming. Theres excitement, but no frights and excitement between frightened joy, but leaning more towards george a quarter of a year later the troops would withdrawal. The 9 months later, concordia was born right off days by his mother put him in foster care. When he was age, his 1st assistant told him, the reason why to help me out to your console. She told me in 1945, the americans were in eisenberg and your mother got involved with one of those americans. And hes your father to hospice, to ensure thats how you came to be with this army of 1st, that was actually more of a relief than a shot. Ext scottish boss got kind of shock as well. I mean, i know i knew where i came from. Its boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, share come the shuttle holder. However, i had red hair and gaps between my teeth. Extracted from an early age. I had a kind of in theory already complex. I didnt belong. I didnt know what i was at. And i had no protection, no one to protect me. No one supported them in my childhood, no one ever took me under their wing, need an ongoing no more. Comrade was a cheeky kid too soon became a thorn in the side of the east gym, and School System is 3rd grade report card states that he constantly interrupted lessons and was proud to be a foreigner. His family was employed to take action before its too late. For me, for me, my father was my anchor and guy and i had a secret that belonged only to me. Theres one that gave me strength. And so i really was like i was on a kind of mission as the dust destinies. The screw you, im in america, youre one day ill leave here and join my father and america. Im just as soon as i can get off. I mean, ive got them. I am far from the us soldiers. Wenches, widely fee it. And they were expected to abide by the military leadership strict code of conduct. Germany was conquered enemy territory. And they were supposed to keep that distance from the german people. Training films were shown to prepare american soldiers the do a lot associated with german men, women, or children. Every german is a potential source of trouble. Therefore, there must be no freedom ization with any of the german people. Privatization means making friends with german people on line or friends can advise you in general, armies forbid, rationalization i out of concern by informal contact is august. Folders have with the domestic population, men, the contacts delete, we can name is that the army prefer. Oklahoma. Com. Thats the association with the on me. As soon vincy done as my position, so if they start to have personal contacts and for example, you have a beer to par, to give them the evenings for them, they could lose sight all of the Occupying Powers goals. Often click but the us so just advance didnt, to waste goes smoothly. The liberation of bavaria took several weeks, well in some places, jim and surrendered without to fight just a few kilometers away. Fitness, last contingents would continue to protect us from resistance. That includes the it was still young people of would take up arms and try to fight the us soldiers less so dot. And so that came from a see to also it appears that the place is most resistant to being taken over with the ones most affected by sexualized war violence have dish me dish, centralize that water gain to run on that that gets most, for most folks near flies, english clicks. There was a big prisoner of war camp there and was with the us troops moving in could see how their comrades had been treated in germany. This in particular, seems to have triggered a lot of anger in the us soldiers. But then that led to an especially large number of sexual assaults which were carried out systematically hottest. Apparently they made marks on houses. It presumably inhabited by women, essentially declaring them to be afraid to clear this report about the troops arrival. Risking by the priest of the town as most book states on monday, the 1st news about rapes reach the rectory. Its not possible for this context that to provide any numbers here. Several goals jumped out the 1st floor window onto the street and laid that in just the at the time rec, trees were among the few. Gem and institutions still functioning, said that the very end, priests reports on the allies arrive, will remain an important source for historians generalists like maximilian, the height of the home here in buddhist us. Here we have the report from the Saint Nicholas parish in bod, right. And have a solid people as far as on the one hand, it makes the blanket statements that a large number of women and girls with violates the 2 monks. But in parentheses, the tier is being added, but this total give him 200. 00. Thats the kind for this formulation. So priest makes it clear that he has no as personal knowledge of the method, but its just for laying what the townsfolk sayings fun home to be the room. And then comes the frequently confirmed information thats all off to the americans marched in there was relative peace could we stop it . But then the french troops were advancing ice canyon cut off. And the would all say with committing terrible crimes in safety, namely in moral terms, they committed terrible crimes against women and goals. So if you see of a rose colored moroccans use gun violates to force that way, unit 9. And this is, it was fairly typical to mention the skin color of the soldiers or fine who is doing the plundering salt or i can phone. And you call me in good. The french regiments, which included soldiers of north african descent, made a particularly strong impression duty cool trooper from the goals troops for barbara street. They sold and rob did. Chased after the women and the young girls locked themselves in the attic and the silver soldiers couldnt come in. The 1st differential me also kept tax of sexual violent secrets. But when challenges were pressed, the military court stole down particularly harsh sentences. Defrances colonial troops access most of the racism of societies back then, not just the german, but also the british, french and american ones. If she is reflected in the numbers of convicted and sentenced and perpetrators, um is a foot and on foot what it was clearly so that for instance, in the us army, the black culprits were charged more often with id also received much pressure sentences including the Death Penalty as possible, and so to discover differential occupied the territory near the fence, jim and buddha here in south west in germany. It was mainly the french, occupies most of us retaliation thats burned into peoples collective memory fronts. What will happen often are great on the train, and the 2nd was reputation with the german people found that apply only to prove that folks also see it. That could be reprisal included as revenge for the full year long term and occupation in front. And in fact, there were many sexual assaults when the french marched into south west in germany. If you look 50 in the french occupations, and children follow that by french, so just have to be registered by orders of the military governor. So its on record that most of the rapes would not, in fact commit to, to by colonial troops. The goals, the item, one in february 1946 was one of these frenchmans kids. She grew up with her grandmother in as an engineer concert. She knows nothing about the events surrounding her conception. Only that her father was a french soldier. At the age of 10 ana, who was, i was suddenly sent to from because she was deemed to be a child of the french state. Of the moment royce vick most from the moment i had to leave. I wasnt chavez, as a deer, was this tama the own slow by was sent unprepared when foreign country and was a Foreign Language by or live with nuns. Thats laws that wasnt dramatic change for me is most the funds i had to learn french, but i was there for 3 years on became a french one. Is punters. I was a forced frank, a file coffee, the unique, fucked. While i was never a