BY JOHN WEAR · JULY 2, 2021

…approximately 2 million German women were raped at the end of World War II and in the post-war period by Allied soldiers and members of the occupying forces. These estimates represent more rapes against a defeated enemy than any other war in history… Red Army soldiers, American GIs, British, French, Belgians, Poles, Czechs and Serbs all took advantage of the conquest of Germany to plunder and then to rape German women…

The Rape of German Women during and after World War II

      War-related rape is a global problem that has existed throughout human history. Probably the worst example of war-related rape occurred against German women during and after World War II. At least 860,000 German women and young girls were raped at the end of World War II and in the post-war period by Allied soldiers and members of the occupying forces. Red Army soldiers, American GIs, British, French, Belgians, Poles, Czechs and Serbs all took advantage of the conquest of Germany to plunder and then to rape German women.[1]

      This article documents some of the horrific rapes committed against German women by Allied soldiers during and after World War II.  Continue reading here.