"Miriam Gebhardt has uncovered swathes of new evidence relating to the rape of German women in the US Zone of Occupation. Her book adds a further dimension to our knowledge of life in Germany in the immediate aftermath of the war." - Giles MacDonogh, historian and author "Miriam Gebhardt's study is not the first that explores the experiences ... Read moreof circa 860.000 German women, who were raped by Allied soldiers in the aftermath of the Second World. But it shifts the focus from the notorious mass rape of Soviet soldiers to the members of the American, British and French forces and estimates that at least 190.000 German women experienced sexual violence by them. With her excellent study she thus challenges the common picture of the 'honourable' Western allied armies."- Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "A harrowing and highly recommended work of scholarship."- Times Higher Education Supplement "A meticulous and fascinating study into the victims of World War II who are rarely considered, much less written about." - History of War “Gebhardt’s book deserves serious attention. It will force historians to take into consideration the ubiquity of rape across occupied Germany. Moreover, her claims about how German politicians instrumentalized women’s suffering for nationalist purposes without taking it seriously are well taken and instructive. One hopes that while future historians will pay greater attention to the complicated moral stakes of this topic, they will also recognize their debt to Gebhardt’s pathbreaking intervention.” Journal of Modern History Show Less