Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Miriam Gebhardt ,  Nick Somers
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781509541669

ISBN 10:   1509541667
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   17 January 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Seventy years too late Wrong victims? How many were affected Sexual aggression against men A word about method Chapter 2 Berlin and the East – chronicle of a calamity foretold The great fear The Red Army comes Berlin One year on Extracts from police reports A different perspective Chapter 3 South Germany – who will protect us from the Americans? No one’s time Moderate indignation  A ‘feeling of great insecurity among our soldiers’ Discussion A ‘sexual conquest of Europe’? Unbroken assertion of power by the occupiers Parallels and differences Chapter 4 Pregnant, sick, ostracized – approaches to the victims Victims twice over Fraternization The abortion problem No one’s children ‘The other victims are also taken care of’ First the French, then the public authorities ‘I love this child as much as the others’ Chapter 5 The long shadow The effects of the experience of violence The myth of female invulnerability ‘Anonymous’ and the censorship of memory Duties of loyalty First feminist protests Helke Sander’s ‘BeFreier’ and the German victim debate The past today Notes Sources and selected literature Index

Reviews

`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.' Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill `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.' Giles MacDonogh, historian and author `A harrowing and highly recommended work of scholarship.' Times Higher Education Supplement

'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.' Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill '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.' Giles MacDonogh, historian and author 'A harrowing and highly recommended work of scholarship.' Times Higher Education Supplement

Author Information

Miriam Gebhardt is an historian and journalist who teaches at the University of Konstanz.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions