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The Auschwitz Brothel

Discussion in 'Concentration, Death Camps and Crimes Against Huma' started by GRW, Oct 13, 2017.

  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Never heard of this, but nothing surprises me any more.
    "Set just behind the notorious Work Makes You Free gate at Auschwitz concentration camp lies one of the lesser-known horrors of WWII - a brothel for prisoners.
    In a diabolical scheme aimed at encouraging inmates to work harder, 76 years ago this month Gestapo monster Heinrich Himmler ordered brothels to be set up in concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe.
    The twisted plan conceived in October 1941, was aimed at increasing prisoners' productivity by offering the starved and tortured inmates a bonus system - if they worked hard enough they would be 'rewarded' with a visit to the camp brothel.
    The first 'Dolls' House', as they were known, was set up a year later in 1942, behind barred windows at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
    This was followed by more in Ravensbruk, Buchenwald, Dachau and Flossenburg, among others. In total there were ten death camp brothels.
    Two of the largest were in Auschwitz, in Nazi-occupied Poland, with the main brothel nicknamed 'Puff' sitting just behind the sinister Arbeit Macht Frei entrance in Block 24.
    Established at the beginning of WWII following Hitler's invasion of Poland, Auschwitz grew to become the largest killing machine in history.
    An estimated 1.1 million people were murdered through executions, beatings, slave labour and gas chambers.
    The man charged with implementing the plan was SS doctor Siegfried Schwela.
    In a chilling meeting with prison doctors he laid out his blueprint for the running of the brothels, instructing staff to ensure both male and female prisoners were 'clean', the women were sterilised and only the missionary position could be used.
    He also demanded that SS thugs watch through spy holes to make sure the women didn't spend more than 15 minutes with each prisoner.
    And he imposed strict race laws, insisting that only German men could visit German women and Slavic men could only meet with Slavic women. Jews and Russian prisoners were forbidden.
    Schwela was killed by the resistance before implementing his plans, but in August 1943 and November 1943 both brothels came into operation under the command of SS beast Oswald Kaduk."
    The Auschwitz brothel where prisoners were 'rewarded' | Daily Mail Online
     
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  2. Mutley

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    Surprised they had the energy!
     
  3. KJ Jr

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    Awful. A microcosm of all the evils in the world.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    PzJgr Drill Instructor

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    I have heard of this. It was a story where one of the women spoke out pretty much at the time when the Japanese were compensating those women who were put to work in brothels in the far east.
     
  6. the_diego

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    You know what surprised me with this news? 1) no one was killed, 2) no one was coerced, and 3) no jews were involved.
     

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