More precisely, I remember reading that the Red Army had issued the death penalty for r*pists in its own ranks and would like an academic/“serious” source to corroborate this and possibly even how rigorously this was enforced. Thanks!
I, too, have heard of it, voici les sources
Here what I found on this topic. Youtube didn’t allow me to post it with links so just copy paste what I’ll leave below in the search bar.
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“ Даже Героев Советского Союза судили за насилие в Германии (военно-судебный архив)” translates to “ Even the Heroes of the Soviet Union were tried for violence in Germany (military-judicial archive)” https://dzen.ru/a/XhhtiivrSQCxHxV8
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“ Приговоры ВТ РККА за изнасилования в 1945 (по материалам ОБД Мемориал)” translates to “ Verdicts of the VT Red Army forremoved in 1945 (according to the materials of the OBD Memorial)” VT here is for Voennyi Tribunal(Military Tribunal) https://warhistory.livejournal.com/2310977.html
Both sources are in Russian and should be the first result in google search. But you’d have to use a google translate probably. If you have troubles understanding something like word abbreviation or graphs feel free to ask me.
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I’m not super well studied on the topic so take this for what it is. I’m sure there was a shit ton of sexual assault going in occupied Germany, it was a chaotic occupation at the tail end of one of the worst wars in history, even if the Red Army was trying to punish offenders they probably had limited ability to actually enforce it.
But the focus on it, while ignoring the massive amount of sexual violence the German forces committed on the Eastern Front, is telling.
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