Made for mines. One just one sees only one you if you like but get rid of the other is. An excerpt from a diary published anonymously as a woman in berlin in the spring of 1905 the author was repeatedly gang raped by soviet soldiers. Western allied soldiers also committed mass rape during the liberation of berlin as so often women were treated as spoils of war a reward for the conquering soldiers granted to them by their superiors part of the Collateral Damage that is unavoidable in conflicts or so the claim. For more than 70 years this Sexual Violence remained hidden from the history books as did the rapes and massacres carried out in 1904 by soldiers of the French Expeditionary corps during the Italian Campaign these 2 were expunged from the official accounts which recorded only their honor and glory. And one of the thousands of young women called comfort women by the Japanese Imperial army who in 1992 were finally revealed to have been held in sexual slavery. Or the 1990 s. Terrible years in which mass rape became a weapon of ethnic cleansing and extermination. Womens bodies have become a ferrets of all battlefields right weve just become a weapon of. Sexual mutilation in the democratic republic of congo rape camps in Bosnia Deliberate transmissions of hiv aids in but wanda sexual torture treated for the 1st time in history by the International Criminal court as a constituent element in genocide. International justice that struggles to hold to account Major Military leaders such as Sean Pierre Bemba whose conviction in 2016 for the crimes and rapes committed by his troops in the Central African republic was overturned for lack of evidence. Such just must be. No trial judgment can be allowed just downed in such circumstances. That have had i cant even call them soldiers or offices in any real sense they were nothing but savage to us. That they raped women all women of all ages from out 3068 i saw 168 year old women rights in the most terrible way right before my eyes. My sister and my 60 year old mother too in the most savage way they acted like animals as well curious about how the. Many german women dared to speak openly about the mass rapes committed by the soviet army but only a few spoke of the thousands of braves committed during the liberation by allied soldiers from the west more than 70 years ago. The temple was broken in 2015 in the wake of Historical Research carried out by a german historian miriam get parts book titled when the soldiers came has already been translated into 7 languages. And vitamins probably fall in different destinations i doubt the problem for women raped by soldiers from the west was that their attackers were regarded as the good guys the liberators. When it was hard for the germans to us all of this conflict of loyalties and loyal lititz conflict i was sort of on the one hand they were supposed to be grateful to these armies particularly the American Army because they promised peace democracy and economic revival so i decided to see. It as the same time they were supposed to expose the soldiers that had committed crimes. Who were not just a lost his heroes. Hidden vonne. This is the ash released the research was very difficult and against the reports of the invasion were an important source for these were written by priests here around munich describing the last days of the war and the early weeks of the period after the end of the war. In this part of the archives we keep the anymore reports of the priests we have about 530. 00 reports dating from the end of the 2nd world war contests these boxes also contain written evidence of the rapes committed by allied troops documents like these are rare so i am very calmly she says here 2 american soldiers raped a very respectable girl in early may with me she had been sent here to work for the air force in a dream the soldiers entered the house around 10 pm claiming they wanted to search the premises but in truth they were looking for the 2 young girls who lived there one of them managed to run away. And the soldiers fired off several rounds. Of me over. My no question is. According to my estimate around 900000 women were raped and. For 2 thirds of them by soviet soldiers and one 3rd by western allied soldiers. I see friends whose income him up to the arrival of the french and april and may 945 and southwestern germany was a key moment another was in the alps when the americans moved into southern varia. In the past it was believed that these rapes were an act of revenge so who was but meanwhile new sociological theories have emerged with which argues that rights also serve the function within the army me to see. Bonds between the soldiers making them accomplices partners in crime so to speak and one thing to often also says the home today its also believed that part of the purpose was to weaken society using race to set the germans against one another they stood for voting on. The soldiers paraded in ranks before the people of the parish who turned out to admire the gomi the north african soldiers who had become heroes after their famous victory in maine 1944 at Monte Cassino in italy. But one thing history didnt record was the murder looting and rape committed by the liberating iraq. That yellow there is only way basie were heading for. The village and commune the French Expeditionary corps landed in with the. Law when they arrived they sought the spoils of war. One of which was raping the women cheat and. He still but he did it on me. Historian gabriele agreed biology is the author of a book titled gratitude or total war it describes the honored air attacks on it only the violence perpetrated by the nazis and the impact of the war on the civilian population. Shes almost asked a mass rapes took place in the area. Of the village were going to was one of the hardest hit you stories it was that the rapes were carried out by gangs on many women and young girls but also young boys teenagers. Sometimes even men were raped by 78 or 10 soldiers. They all his own that. All these villages. People they were all victims of this violence. The gustaf fortification had cut italy into maine and was liberated from the nazis in maine 1944 by the expeditionary corps of general. The heroes of the terrible battle of Monte Cassino. I disagree and yaml. Were going to meet a local historian hes done research on the violence that was committed in this area. His name is sandra rosato. Defeated its hard to find witnesses now too much time has gone by putting this i. Do wonder are north of equal say ok. The 2 researchers lead us to a church located at the top of the hill a landmark in the unspoken history of the liberation of the villa. The little dorans the word liberation is a word we speak in quotation marks because it wasnt a very pleasant time for anyone living in lay no love what. Could still go on what so important about this place where when you put down. The problem its important because once word got around about what the french soldiers were doing. To the women and also to the men with this but its only 4 inches a live able to graph huge in this church here there were 300 women here and men to war when. In fact over there in the monastery is where a Field Hospital was set up to give 1st aid to the women. Because they dont need as well for me as you did anyone in your family to talk about what happened so all of the men to no one almost into the now familiar and then i love absolutely not i never heard anyone mention it because it was either from my mother or my fathers side full circle the adultery in fact it was talked about as if it happened to others not them the distance if only later as an adult studying the history of lane a law designed to discover these documents. In which the woman gets. A suit and reading them i came across some familiar names. Relatives. My grandmothers. But it dont mean she i heard stories about a pregnant women who were violently attacked indict. Him you know me like all of the women in late and elsewhere my grandmothers were deeply ashamed the very woman with the common lot of the record. For. The world right after the war these women who were abused attacked in the brutalized the how to hide. One little money the normal 4 when their husbands returned from the front. And found out that their wives had been raped. They rejected them or. Abandoned them just like them could be reshot it is a bundle on a cattle. And elaine its clear that this violence came about because french offices and generals did nothing to prevent it so. They let it happen. The 99. 00 a little less than what they did until direct the but they allowed it to happen hoping the details would never become Public Committee to be able to be coming to her old alexander commander of the allied Ground Forces in italy warned general about the behavior of his troops but 2 months later alexander expressed his doubts that french officers were taking the situation seriously. There is as you will be aware very strong feelings among french troops against the italians and im afraid that this feeling has my Junior Officers to condone or ignore the behavior of their troops it may well be that reports will eventually reach the press or parliament these reports may be very damaging to the reputation of france. The money of the vessel fitting the memory of the suffering in this area hasnt really registered in the National Consciousness its like a separate episode thats been forgotten when. One t. V. Called. This suffering also shaped the young women trafficked as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial army between 1932 and the end of the 2nd world war south korean activist kim jong described her experiences in an interview in 2016 didnt get it either or that a moment. On sundays the soldiers stood in line from 8 am to 5 pm. Theyre also like they came and went gold line after line of them they got them out i had the women that i couldnt even tell you how many soldiers had to. Go to war how many or why 5 pm i couldnt stand. On saturdays it was mid day to. The waltzing of the military police started the line at midday sharp. With him a little bit of the so that the one sit on them would double that would have been i was beaten many times because i was disability and. I often thought of killing myself too. Long ignored in the historical accounts these young women were described as comfort women sex workers who willingly sold their services to japanese soldiers it was a false what the japanese government preferred to ignore here the woman. Who were able in some men in uniform came along. When the conduct of these officer and the head of the village. We bought it in the pilot he said i had to go ter fracturing that manufactured war materials but he didnt and only that she was in the guard as well and on day by then that would were mother my mother said i was too young to work an approaching the hour of fog and then are you because the pill and then the woman said that if i refused to go be an act of treason against japan. The woman the piano and the band then he would confiscate our possessions and my family would be deported to our asean that while i was almost 14 years old. Book out that the man who addressed me was embarrassed and lowered his head. For the one that i was sent to a place far away and i wasnt allowed to leave it there this. Time. I spent 8 years as a slave of the Japanese Army. Sweating blood for the village of one of all. The women came from korea china the philippines malaysia and burma an estimated 1000022000 extension 00 women many of them still young girls they were misled abducted and rounded up by the Imperial Japanese army forced to work as sex slaves in what were you for mystically called comfort stations. These military run brothels were maintained until the surrender of japan in 1905. After the brutal massacres in what would become known as the rape of nanking in december 1937 where thousands of chinese civilians were raped and sexually mutilated the Japanese Army expanded its network of military brothels with the idea that this would help preserve its reputation and channel the sexual urges of its soldiers. Women who attempted to escape were treated with but most brutality on. The i knew that one day they brought in the girl and tie terror up and make it look at that. They grabbed her breasts and sliced it off with a knife or gun with iraq look at the. Disease suicide abuse and murder could claimed the lives of one in 6 of the young women it took almost 50 years where these historical events to come to light in 1901 south korean activist kim hawkes one was the 1st to speak publicly about her ordeal. I was nothing and nobody the japanese soldiers raped me one after the other when i tried to injure it turns sister run away but i was caught and raped repeatedly. Her testimony inspired many other women to come forward. And several other south korean women filed suit in a Japanese Court demanding recognition of the crimes that had been committed a public apology and compensation for the survivors thousands of other women then came forward and the japanese government rejected the claims citing the supposed lack of material evidence denying any policy of state sponsored sexual slavery but the court the testimony of the victims was not regarded as evidence this stance led to demonstrations outside the Japanese Embassy in seoul a weekly event that carries on to this day. In 1902 historian youre xiangqi as she me called into question the japanese governments official version of events at a press conference in 1994 he dismissed it entirely he said that. Women who were forced to become what they called comfort women were recruited by kidnapping abduction or other forms of Human Trafficking you know these methods were in violation of criminal law and International Treaty to do with you know their detention in comfort stations made them sexual slaves. That they want to discredit the Japanese Army was clearly largely to blame since it was the military that set up these comfort stations the student got it so. After scouring the records held in the japanese depends agency library. Uncovered documents proving the imperial armys direct role in setting up the brothels some of the documents carried the seal of high ranking officers in 2015 a statement urging the government to acknowledge these historical facts garnered 13800 signatures of support from japanese historians in response japan finally issued a statement to south korea acknowledging the imperial armys direct involvement in Holding Women in wartime sexual slavery. And to bed with the im not going to die until i have received an apology. Once everything has been resolved and. I can go in peace. If they. Dont died in january 29 teen without ever receiving the official apology she had asked for but her brave testimony and relentless pursuit of the truth contributed enormously to the surfacing in the 1990 s. Of this dark chapter in the history of the 2nd world war. But wartime rapes are not simply a distant history in the 1990 s. One of the more recent chapters took place in europe during the war in the former yugoslavia. Early reports sent back from the ground in 1902 by roy gutman then a correspondent for newsday were essentially dismissed the shocking series of articles were published the following year in his Pulitzer Prize winning book a witness to genocide the book described the concentration camps set up by Serbian Forces and the systematic rapes targeting muslim girls and women in what was essentially an act of ethnic cleansing. Said that. This is a conflict that went on for 5 years during which grateful is used as a weapon of extermination to destroy a certain part of the population because it was muslim. In 2014 the more youre founded the in geo we are not weapons of war to help survivors and fight against illegal impunity. People talk about rape humiliation tara. This is rape with extreme violence that causes unimaginable injuries. Your boy its extremely violent acted out and back when you. It shows that these acts are not driven by sexual urges that has absolutely nothing to do with it. This is a tool used to inflict as much damage as possible to a lot of the men yet. In 1903 and to me lloyd became a witness to this violence he took this photograph of a woman who had been expelled from a serbian camp following a cease fire with the bosnians what became of her is she still alive years later on assignment in syria a photographer told the story behind the picture of the 1st Bosnian Muslims going through a series crossing oceans crossed seas. One truss was over there for a week. When the area whether this is meaningful for refugees. This will set off the war. Zones that. She moves. So i. Use is the 1st thing. She erase or its a serious. Dress rivers. Merces. Bruce. The strokes use is for us. To help us from the truck so shes on the ropes. And therefore. She knows for sure so thats where hell sit down. And this is also a highly symbolic conflict because rape was used systematically as a means of ethnic cleansing. Terrorizing populations making women pregnant using rape as a means of ethnic purification rundown of your this conflict had rape camps and throughout my career ive never seen that anywhere else. We should take a moment to ponder that concept. Than think that. In 2001 the International Criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia issued a conviction for rape as a crime against humanity it was the 1st instance of an International Tribunal convicting soley on charges of Sexual Violence committed in a rape camp. The one you cited for me justice isnt just a matter of judging and sentencing its a way of putting down on paper and recording exactly what happened and thats important we want to establish a permanent memory of history that people will read a