Rape: The Military Trials of Sexual Crimes Committed by Soldiers in the Wehrmacht, 1939-1944

TitleRape: The Military Trials of Sexual Crimes Committed by Soldiers in the Wehrmacht, 1939-1944
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsBeck, Birgit
EditorHagemann, Karen, and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum
Book TitleHome/Front: The Military, War and Gender in Twentieth Century Germany
Pagination255-274
PublisherBerg
CityOxford
Abstract

In this chapter in a volume aiming to explore the intersections of the military, war and gender in twentieth-century Germany from a variety of different perspectives, the author examines the relative leniency in punishing sex crimes in the East compared to heavy punishments meted out in the West. In France, a "civilized" country, military leaders were concerned about the reputation of the Wehrmacht, while in Russia sex crimes were only punished if they were directly related to "undermining military discipline."

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