Out of the Shadows: Stories of Sexual Violence in the Holocaust
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May 23, 2024
It’s a story you may not know. During the Holocaust, sexual violence was used to terrorize, control, and dehumanize Jewish people. In the decades after, brave survivors and witnesses recorded their traumas. They often described brutality at the hands of the Germans and their collaborators. Some shared stories of assaults by fellow prisoners, and even by rescuers who sheltered them. In this digital program, we lift these voices once silenced by stigma or shame.
