In World War II, Nazi Germany established brothels in the concentration camps to increase productivity among inmates. Their use was restricted to the more privileged Aryan prisoners, primarily the kap
Active camp brothel in Gusen, Austria (c. 1942)
Heinrich Himmler inspecting the camp brothel in Mauthausen/Gusen (c. 1942)
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A kapo was a type of prisoner functionary at Nazi concentration and extermination camps. They were, whether voluntary or coerced, collaborators who worked under the Schutzstaffel to carry out administ
German camp brothels in World War II
…Pleasure Departments") to increase productivity among inmates. Their use was restricted to the more privileged Aryan prisoners, primarily the kapos, or "prisoner functionaries", and the criminal element. Jewish inmates were prohibited from using the brothels according to rules against racial mixing…
Carmen Mory, Swiss Nazi German spy and kapo in Ravensbrück
Josef Kilian, kapo and defendant in the Dora trial