Comments on: Brothel photos from World War II France http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/brothel-photos-from-world-war-ii-france from Laura Agustín Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Marc of Frankfurt http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/brothel-photos-from-world-war-ii-france#comment-633 Marc of Frankfurt Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:41:20 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2389#comment-633 Pic 1: Open from 10 am to 9 pm Every German soldier has to leave the house at 9 pm. [signed:] local mil. governor Pic 5: Every soldier is strongly obliged to use freely distributed condoms The history of women in military or concentration camp brothels in and outside of Germany is not yet resolved and fully written. Some may were foreigners enslaved sex work force to please soldiers. Others may were travelling working girls criminalized as anti social (cf. ASBOS) and imprisoned into KZs were they also had to serve other imprisoned workers within the camp hierarchy. So nobody has yet fully researched how many independent sex workers were fined because of illegal soliciting and therefore became imprisoned nazi-government prostitutes. None by the nazi state forced sex worker has yet received any apology or even compensation as the Jews, homosexuals, Romany people ... have. Shame around sex work and the whore stigma is still a insurmountable high barrier and sex worker movement is still not strong enough to fight for all their ancestors. More info in German: http://www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=37605#37605 Pic 1:
Open from 10 am to 9 pm

Every German soldier has to leave the house at 9 pm.

[signed:] local mil. governor

Pic 5:
Every soldier is strongly

obliged to use freely distributed

condoms

The history of women in military or concentration camp brothels in and outside of Germany is not yet resolved and fully written. Some may were foreigners enslaved sex work force to please soldiers. Others may were travelling working girls criminalized as anti social (cf. ASBOS) and imprisoned into KZs were they also had to serve other imprisoned workers within the camp hierarchy. So nobody has yet fully researched how many independent sex workers were fined because of illegal soliciting and therefore became imprisoned nazi-government prostitutes.

None by the nazi state forced sex worker has yet received any apology or even compensation as the Jews, homosexuals, Romany people … have.

Shame around sex work and the whore stigma is still a insurmountable high barrier and sex worker movement is still not strong enough to fight for all their ancestors.

More info in German:
http://www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=37605#37605

]]> By: Robyn http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/brothel-photos-from-world-war-ii-france#comment-620 Robyn Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:32:25 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2389#comment-620 Translation on the German writings in the pictures would be highly beneficial to those of us who do not speak German. I feel that the pictures would be better understood if an English translation allowed viewers to read what the signs say. Translation on the German writings in the pictures would be highly beneficial to those of us who do not speak German. I feel that the pictures would be better understood if an English translation allowed viewers to read what the signs say.

]]> By: Johan http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/brothel-photos-from-world-war-ii-france#comment-603 Johan Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:43:50 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2389#comment-603 In the last photo, there are stars of David on the wall, which leads me to speculatively assume that the soldiers' brothel is located in a former Jewish establishment. If so, the symbolism is rather intriguing. In the last photo, there are stars of David on the wall, which leads me to speculatively assume that the soldiers’ brothel is located in a former Jewish establishment. If so, the symbolism is rather intriguing.

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