When the Second World War ended, the nightmare of rape against women began...!!
The most horrific crimes against women in Europe, after Germany's defeat in 1945, did not stop the tragedy in Europe, with the fall of the Third Reich and the end of the world war. Beyond the military destruction, one of the greatest collective crimes against women in modern history (rape) occurred.
After the Allied forces entered German territory, nearly two million German women were raped; the streets were filled with the bodies of women who tried to resist, while soldiers executed anyone who refused to comply. Despite the passage of decades, around half a million individuals remain in Germany with unknown parentage as a result of those assaults. In the first few months after the war, hospitals turned into queues of women seeking abortions. Medical reports noted that procedures were performed daily and around the clock. By the mid-1950s, only 37,000 children were registered under their mothers' names, while the rest were put up for adoption. According to German historian Miriam Gerhard in her book "When the Soldiers Came,"
The number of rape cases:
* Soviet Army: over one million cases
* American Army: about 190,000
* British Army: around 45,000
* French Army: about 50,000
* And tens of thousands committed by soldiers from other Allied forces.
The paradox is that the German Army, despite its crimes during the war, recorded the lowest rates of rape, and acts were individual, with offenders prosecuted directly. Cities turned into theaters of horror,
As for Vienna – Austria,
More than 100,000 women were raped, many of whom were raped multiple times, from teenagers to the elderly. Stuttgart – Germany, according to American investigations with General Eisenhower (July 17, 1945), the French forces gathered women inside subway tunnels and assaulted them for long hours, then executed many of them, with estimated numbers around 2,000 women.
Berlin was overwhelmed by shock as the Red Army approached the capital; panic ensued, poisons disappeared from the markets due to the many women attempting suicide in fear of rape. A city inhabited by two million women became defenseless against a victorious army with no deterrent. As for Danzig – Poland (then German), all the women of the city were held inside the grand cathedral and were all raped. Survivors recounted that they were raped more than 30 times.
Nissi – Silesia, a survivor, testified in 1960 that in one convent, 182 nuns were raped, and 66 of them became pregnant. The nuns who tried to defend themselves were shot with more than 30 bullets each. Even Italian allies were not spared.
* In Naples – Italy, the same scene repeated itself, as the American command allowed soldiers to act as they wished, and around 60,000 cases of rape were recorded in the city alone. A whole generation grew up after the war with no clear identity and no resemblance to their presumed fathers. An astonishing and glaring paradox is that those who committed these horrendous crimes are the same ones who present themselves today as "protectors of human rights" and lecture the world today about women's rights, while pointing fingers at Islam, claiming it as a religion that oppresses women..!!