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

by Rachel Ward, Maren R�ger, Maren Röger

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. In Wartime Relations, Historian Maren R ger gives a powerful account of these encounters and describes the actions of the army and the SS in regulating relations between soldiers and civilian women. R ger provides new and important insights into everyday life during the occupation, Nazi racial policy, and the fates of the women involved.

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