House of Dolls
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House of Dolls is a 1953 novella by Ka-tzetnik 135633. The novella describes "Joy Divisions", which were groups of women imprisoned in the concentration camps during World War II who were kept for the
First English-language edition
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
House of Dolls
…World War II who were kept for the sexual pleasure of other inmates. Between 1942 and 1945, Auschwitz and nine other Nazi concentration camps contained camp brothels (Freudenabteilungen, or "Joy Divisions"), mainly used to reward cooperative non-Jewish inmates. In the documentary film Memory of the Camps, a project…
Active camp brothel in Gusen, Austria (c. 1942)
Heinrich Himmler inspecting the camp brothel in Mauthausen/Gusen (c. 1942)