NationStates Jolt Archive

I heard before that Jewish women from concentration camps were used in Wehrmacht brothels, but wouldn't that have violated the Nazi ban on sexual intercourse with a Jew? Or is this just not true at all.

Many Nazis who used said brothels must come to terms with that now. I for one am glad you brought this issue up. It must be a relief for both "jewish women", as you say, and former and current nazis. Time to come clean.

Or maybe this is just a stupid thread.... who knows.

There is very little evidence concerning the Wehrmacht brothels at the eastern front.
But most of it seems to hint that 'racially inferior' women were in fact forced to work in Wehrmachts brothels:

1. The rationale for penalizing 'Rassenschande' ('interracial coitus') were the fear of 'bastards', who would dilute the precious 'aryan blood'. This was a non issue with the prostitutes who weren't allowed to bear kids (in fact most of them died from unprofessional performed abortions).
2. The borthels for the SS-Guards used Jewish inmates of Ravensbrück, why should there be a lower racially standard for the SS compared to the Wehrmacht?
3. The former inmate of Ravensbrück Antonia Bruha writes in her Book (Ich war keine Heldin), that the decision of the 'workplace' (brothel for SS-guards, Wehrmacht or KZ inmates) for the prostituted inmates was made only by the looks and the language of the woman.
3, There is one anecdotal report, of locally forced Jewish prostitutes: When the 11th army 1941 organised a brothel for its troops in Soroca (Ukraine/Moldavia), all prostitutes were forced Jewish wemen of Soroca (source: Curzio Malaparte, Italian war correspondent).

Slav Christian (Polish, Czech etc) women were the main group used. Most Nazi's abided by the ban on sexual contact with the Jews. There were exeptions though.
I looked after an elderly woman in an old age hostel, who immigrated to Australia from Poland after the war. She was a survivor from one of these brothels. Having dementia, she was, within her own mind, reliving the whole experience. After seeing that, I sincerely hope all the Nazi's involved are dead and burning in hell (and this from a atheist). They deserve it.

During the times of US slavery, many African-American females were raped and/or misstresses of their masters, so it's possible that the Jewish thing happened too.