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Pope George Ringo II

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7. East Prussia might actually have gotten it worse

Tue Mar 27, 2018, 10:28 AM

Mar 2018

That was the Russians' first taste of conquering Germans, and they had a lot of vengeance planned. It's worth keeping in mind that the Red Army actually got some serious manpower from liberating territory as it went west, and those were men who had been under German occupation for a few years and were somewhat less than fond of their former masters. Also, huge numbers of them had been brutalized by Stalin's policies in the 30s and had some difficulties functioning as a result.

Overall, I'd have to assume the rapes really were exaggerated as everybody west of the Bug demonized the "Russian barbarians," but I'd also have to assume the actual incidences were simply staggering.

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Rapes during the Battle of Berlin, and my Reichstag guide [View all] steve2470 Mar 2018 OP

The evidence of the 100k births proves unwritten history is lying. democratisphere Mar 2018 #1

War is an insane and inhumane experience by definition. JayhawkSD Mar 2018 #2

War does not give one license to engage in totally f'ing barbaric behavior. democratisphere Mar 2018 #5

License? War is, repeat IS, "totally f'ing barbaric behavior." JayhawkSD Mar 2018 #6

Unfortunately, it often does Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #9

I've seen and read interviews of German rape survivors thucythucy Mar 2018 #11

Of course there were rapes during the sack of Berlin. JayhawkSD Mar 2018 #3

yes of course steve2470 Mar 2018 #4

"...and just kept my mouth shut to avoid disrupting the tour." JayhawkSD Mar 2018 #8

thanks! steve2470 Mar 2018 #10

East Prussia might actually have gotten it worse Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #7

When was your tour? thucythucy Mar 2018 #12

a few weeks ago steve2470 Mar 2018 #13

Interesting. thucythucy Mar 2018 #14

he was in his fifties like me, so not that older really nt steve2470 Mar 2018 #15

You'll probably never know. thucythucy Mar 2018 #16

yep saw Potsdam and two of the palaces steve2470 Mar 2018 #17

Sounds great! thucythucy Mar 2018 #18