Title Wartime Relations Intimacy, Violence, and Prostitution in Occupied Poland, 1939-1945

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (196 p.) Contents Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Poland under German Occupation -- Structure, Sources, and Terminology -- Part I. Prostitution in Occupied Poland -- 1. Establishing and Organizing Occupier Brothels -- Choosing Suitable Establishments -- Organization and Finance -- In the Brothel -- Was the Brothel Model Successful? Infection Rates in the Armed Forces -- 2. Policy and Politics of (Forced) Prostitution -- Compulsion and Violence in the Brothels -- Occupiers as Traffickers of Women 3. Unsupervised Sex Work and Prostitution as a Means of Survival -- A World of Poverty: Prostitutes during the Occupation -- Clients and Observers: German Men and Polish Society -- Part II. Relationships in Everyday Life Under Occupation -- 4. Interactive Spaces in Times of Racial Segregation -- Meeting Places -- 5. Types and Trajectories of Relationships -- (Emotional) Communication in Wartime Relationships -- How the Relationships Ended -- 6. Fraternizing Women and Men -- (Sociocultural) Characterization of Fraternizing Women -- The Men's Motivations Part III. Occupation Relationships and the Power of the State -- 7. Disciplinary Measures: Polish Patriotism and Nazi Authorities -- Punishments by the Germans -- Prosecution -- Punishments for German and Polish Women -- 8. (Attempts at) Legalizing Relationships -- Paths to Marriage -- Poles as SS-Brides? -- Part IV. Sexual Violence and its Consequences -- 9. Patterns of Sexual Violence in Occupied Poland -- Sexual Violence: Difficult to Research -- Reporting and Numbers of Unreported Cases -- The Conquest: Sexual Violence in the First Weeks of the Occupation Abuse of Office: Sexualized Violence in Connection with Governmental Authority -- Masters of Fate: Sexual Blackmail -- Settings with the Potential for Violence: Police Custody, Prisons, Ghettos, and Camps -- People without Rights: Sexual Violence against Jews -- Shows of Power: Public Sexual Violence -- Mass Rape during the Defeat of the Warsaw Uprising -- 10. Sexual Violence before the Police and in Court -- Conclusion -- Sexual Politics as a Central Element of German Occupation Policy -- Power over Bodies and Sexual Integrity -- Sexuality as a Matter for Negotiation -- Epilogue -- Glossary Summary During the Second World War, all contact between German soldiers and Polish women was officially banned. However, sexual encounters frequently took place: some consensual, others characterised by brutal violence. Historian Maren Röger gives a powerful account of these relationships Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Sex -- Social aspects -- Poland -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Poland World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland Prostitution -- Poland -- History -- 20th century Women -- Violence against -- Poland -- History -- 20th century Prostitution Sex -- Social aspects Social aspects Women Women -- Violence against Poland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Ward, Rachel ISBN 9780192549280 0192549286

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