Wartime Relations: Intimacy, Violence, and Prostitution in Occupied Poland, 1939-1945

by Rachel Ward and Maren R�ger

During the Second World War, all contact between German soldiers and Polish women - considered an 'inferior race' - was officially banned. Sexual encounters frequently took place, however. Some were consensual, while others were characterised by brutal violence, and women often sold their bodies as a means of survival. The army and SS constructed purpose-built brothels for their soldiers, but also banned and frequently punished loving relationships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198817223
• ISBN13: 9780198817222
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"