Sleeping with the enemy: Collaborator girls of the German-occupied Europe, 1940-1944

 

 Sleeping with the enemy: Collaborator girls of the German-occupied Europe, 1940-1944

Sleeping with the enemy: Collaborator girls of the German-occupied Europe, 1940-1944

A French girl wearing a German uniform.

It’s 1942 and the Germans occupy and dominate the vast majority of Europe.

They were there, on the scene, and the local men either were not (dead, in prison camps, in hiding) or were greatly diminished in status.

Like soldiers of every army of every period of history, as soon as the Germans got comfortable, they started scouting around for women. And, as always in times of military occupation, there were willing women to be found.
And, sure enough, the German soldiers found them. It’s not quite clear what the big deal was about exchanging clothes with your French girlfriend, but as shown on many pictures here, that seemed to be the thing to do.

And it seemed quite common as if this was ‘the proof’ of, well, you know.
Everyone in the Wehrmacht knew that Paris was the place to be. The official German propaganda outlets even advertised its allures.
Essentially, and this is no exaggeration, Paris became almost synonymous with “giant cathouse” in the Wehrmacht. To some extent, that reputation remains to this day in certain quarters.