{"product_id":"crimes-unspoken-the-rape-of-german-women-at-the-end-of-the-second-world-war-hardback-9781509511204","title":"Crimes Unspoken; The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War (Hardback) 9781509511204","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCrimes Unspoken\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMiriam Gebhardt (Author), Nick Somers (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509511204, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Miriam Gebhardt has uncovered swathes of new evidence relating to the rape of German women in the US Zone of Occupation. Her book adds a further dimension to our knowledge of life in Germany in the immediate aftermath of the war.\" - \u003cb\u003eGiles MacDonogh, historian and author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Miriam Gebhardt's study is not the first that explores the experiences of circa 860.000 German women, who were raped by Allied soldiers in the aftermath of the Second World. But it shifts the focus from the notorious mass rape of Soviet soldiers to the members of the American, British and French forces and estimates that at least 190.000 German women experienced sexual violence by them. With her excellent study she thus challenges the common picture of the 'honourable' Western allied armies.\"- \u003cb\u003eKaren Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"A harrowing and highly recommended work of scholarship.\"\u003cb\u003e- Times Higher Education Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A meticulous and fascinating study into the victims of World War II who are rarely considered, much less written about.\" - \u003cb\u003eHistory of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Gebhardt’s book deserves serious attention. It will force historians to take into consideration the ubiquity of rape across occupied Germany. Moreover, her claims about how German politicians instrumentalized women’s suffering for nationalist purposes without taking it seriously are well taken and instructive. One hopes that while future historians will pay greater attention to the complicated moral stakes of this topic, they will also recognize their debt to Gebhardt’s pathbreaking intervention.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscussion 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimes Unspoken\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"white-space: normal\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-transform: none\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; word-spacing: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; color: #000000\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-align: left\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font: 11px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; widows: 1\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; letter-spacing: normal\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-indent: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 1 Seventy years too late\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWrong victims?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow many were affected\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSexual aggression against men\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA word about method\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 2 Berlin and the East Ð chronicle of a calamity foretold\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe great fear\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Red Army comes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBerlin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOne year on\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtracts from police reports\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA different perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 3 South Germany Ð who will protect us from the Americans?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo one’s time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModerate indignation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA ‘feeling of great insecurity among our soldiers’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA ‘sexual conquest of Europe’?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnbroken assertion of power by the occupiers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eParallels and differences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 4 Pregnant, sick, ostracized Ð approaches to the victims\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVictims twice over\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFraternization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe abortion problem\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo one’s children\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘The other victims are also taken care of’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst the French, then the public authorities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘I love this child as much as the others’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 5 The long shadow\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe effects of the experience of violence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe myth of female invulnerability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘Anonymous’ and the censorship of memory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDuties of loyalty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst feminist protests\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelke Sander’s ‘BeFreier’ and the German victim debate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe past today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSources and selected literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474959036696,"sku":"9781509511204","price":37.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509511204.jpg?v=1785801931","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/crimes-unspoken-the-rape-of-german-women-at-the-end-of-the-second-world-war-hardback-9781509511204","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}