Germans capture Soviet soldiers, 1942 The small emblems on the sleeves of the two Germans just to the right of center of the pic indicate that they're signals troops. I'd guess this was happening well behind the front lines, and the surrendering troops (one emerging from the cellar, plus two at right of the picture) had been cut off and hiding out for awhile. That or it was staged after the fact with pow's and troops that were available behind the lines. That came out rather cynical-sounding, I don't mean to disparage the picture itself and staged war photographs have historical and sometimes artistic merit as well. It is also possible it was not staged, it just comes across as a possibility to me. (some people always get very irate when it is even presented as a possibility for some reason) Click Here To See More Photos You Can Click Here to Watch The Video
How common were instances of sexual abuse in Nazi concentration camps. The accounts that rap£ or prostitution was common, Were the guards were given "free reign" over the prisoners given view of them as subhuman The Nazis sort of developed a network of state-controlled brothels during the war. This included both the civilian and military brothels. The Nazis even set up brothels for the forced labor inmates that helped with the German war effort as incentives for higher production from prisoners in camps. Back then these brothels were suppose to serving several needs. For the soldiers that were far away from home, the Nazis thought that having these brothels would reduce the possibility of rape in occupied lands and reducing the sexual relations with impure local women or forced laborer's, as well. Heck, the Nazis tried to use these brothel women to cure homosexuality as a treatment with male prisoners that were gay. Regular German women were exempt from serving in these b...