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Miriam Gebhardt Crimes Unspoken (Paperback). Author: Miriam Gebhardt. Format: Paperback. Topic: Military History, Social Sciences, Society & Culture. Release Date: 01/17/2020. Publisher: Polity Press. Genre: History. Language: English. Item Weight: 402g. Further DetailsTitle: Crimes Unspoken Condition: New Description: The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam Gebhardt reveals for the first time the scale of this human tragedy, which continued long after the hostilities had ended.Discussion in recent years of the rape of German women committed at the end of the war has focused almost exclusively on the crimes committed by Soviet soldiers, but Gebhardt shows that this picture is misleading. Crimes were committed as much by the Western Allies – American, French and British – as by the members of the Red Army. Nor was the suffering limited to the immediate aftermath of the war. Gebhardt powerfully recounts how raped women continued to be the victims of doctors, who arbitrarily granted or refused abortions, welfare workers, who put pregnant women in homes, and wider society, which even today prefers to ignore these crimes.Crimes Unspoken is the first historical account to expose the true extent of sexual violence in Germany at the end of the war, offering valuable new insight into a key period of 20th century history. Author: Miriam Gebhardt EAN: 9781509541669 Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Contributor: Nick Somers (Translated by) ISBN: 9781509541669 Format: Paperback Item Height: 230mm Item Length: 160mm Item Width: 20mm Item Weight: 402g Language: English Genre: History Publisher: Polity Press Release Date: 01/17/2020 Topic: Military History, Social Sciences, Society & Culture Subtitle: The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War Translator: Nick Somers Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
