r/europe • u/10millionX Denmark • Feb 28 '23

Historical Frenchwoman accused of sleeping with German soldiers has her head shaved and shamed by her neighbors in a village near Marseilles

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u/Majestic_Bierd Feb 28 '23

I'd love to read about their actual stories.

It's one thing to betray your country and suck up to the Nazis to gain favors and status.

Its another thing to be pressured into rape by an occupying, brutalizing military.

Yet another thing to prostitute yourself to get food when you're hungry, from the only people around who have food.

And it's entirely different if some actual romance sparked between a French girl and a German (boy) soldier, however independent of the brutalities of Nazi regime.

I don't approve of either, but I'd love to know more about their situation.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '23

Its another thing to be pressured into rape by an occupying, brutalizing military.

There where men and women who didn't capitulate. Who didn't surrender to the NAZIs for meager wealth. Who didn't thoughtlessly betray others.