Ravishing the Women of Conquered Europe
Ravishing the Women of Conquered Europe is a 1946 writing by Austin J. App.
- Dr. Austin J. App (professor and specialist in English literature at the Catholic University Skrentonskom Lasallskom University and College, which, among others, risked his career and livelihood, brought out the truth. When, in April 1946, he published his work, which is based on the article, “The Rape of Women conquered Europe “(Ravishing the Women of Conquered Europe), he was a lone voice calling for justice in America.[1]
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- "In the Spring of 1946, sickened by the Potsdam-sanctioned policy of mass-expulsion of the Eastern Germans, and particularly shocked by the terrible atrocities visited upon helpless German women in the East by the conquering Red hordes, App self-published his first pamphlet, the ten-page Ravishing the Women of Conquered Europe. Its success was immediate and unexpected; orders came in by the thousands, periodicals far and wide picked it up, it was translated into four languages -- all this with the "advertising" being almost solely by word-of-mouth."[2]
Another description
- "Since 1946, when mostly from small back-page items in brave little publications, I soon was sickened by mountains of evidence of the bestialities of the victors, especially the Soviet-Russians. In anger I published Ravishing the Women of Conquered Europe. The subtitle was: 'The Big Three Liberators at Work Having a Wonderful Time Raping and Debauching the Women of Germany, Austria and Hungary; Re-Educating Them to Become Good Christians.' I followed this with History's Most Terrifying Peace. I got thousands and thousands of grateful letters. But I also discovered what hatred and recriminations historical truth provokes among the vindictive vipers in public affairs and in the press!"[3]
Edelwild witternd
In her verses “Scenting Noble Game” (Edelwild witternd), Emilie Leber, a young girl from St. Georgen in the Black Forest, describes the collective fear of sexual attacks by the French occupiers, because rape was not only commonplace in the Red Army's territory. In Southwest Germany, the violent excesses of Freudenstadt were particularly burned into the collective memory, where immediately after the invasion, individual perpetrators and groups raged against civilians day and night.
But as with the advance of the Red Army, the situation here also changed within a few weeks: after this phase of blind rage, the perpetrators acted in a more planned and coordinated manner. They now made sure that their crimes remained hidden and usually lay in wait for their victims under the cover of darkness. Evidence of such targeted attacks can be found in almost all areas of today's federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The annals of the parish offices, which often kept more detailed records of the events than the state and local authorities, give an impression of the extent of the rapes.
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- ↑ A Memorial for the Millions of German Women and Girls Who Were Raped and Pillaged by the WWII Allied “liberators”
- ↑ Austin T. App, 1902-1984 https://codoh.com/library/document/austin-t-app-1902-1984/en/
- ↑ The 'Holocaust' Put in Perspective https://codoh.com/library/document/the-holocaust-put-in-perspective/en/
