During World War II, some Jewish men and women in concentration camps faced sexual violence, due to wartime discrimination, antisemitism, and genocidal conditions among other reasons This discrimination happened both inside concentration camps run by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime and also outside of the camps.
This sexual violence and discrimination happened not only in Germany but throughout Europe in areas that the Germans occupied during the war. Outside of concentration camps, sexual violence happened in many places, including but not limited to Jewish people's homes, Jewish hiding spaces, in public, and at killing sites.
There were more than 44,000 camps and sites for incarceration which were under the control of the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. The origins of the sexual abuse and segregation of Jewish men and women was primarily due to their race. The Nazis used these sites for a variety of reasons such as forced physical and sexual labor from their prisoners.
There are many accounts from both men and women survivors, but often times there is erasure due to the topic's nature, and stereotypes and stigmas around the experiences. Gender-based violence, sexual violence, and antisemitic viewpoints contributed to the maltreatment and violence against Jewish men and women during the Holocaust.
It was not uncommon for Jewish women in Europe to face heightened sexual violence during wartime efforts. This sexual violence and dehumanization of Jewish people happened due to an abundance of reasons such as the culture of wartime, and misogyny
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