A huge World War II crime was hidden behind victory
As Soviet forces moved into occupied territory and Germany, they committed mass rape on a staggering scale. Historian Antony Beevor called it the "greatest phenomenon of mass rape in history".Soviet Mass Rape in WWII Europe
The scale is hard to take in
Beevor estimated that at least 1.4 million women were raped in East Prussia, Pomerania, and Silesia alone. Soviet women and girls freed from slave labor in Germany were also attacked.Soviet Mass Rape in WWII Europe
