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Lynda's avatar

My mom was a German teenager and also raped during WWII. Unfortunately, PTS was not really known then as it is now. My mom and dad’s generation didn’t know how to seek the help they needed. She came to America through Ellis Island and suffered as an immigrant from Nazi Germany even though she became a United States Citizen. She was so proud that accomplishment. Anna Anita Hildegard Sparwasser suffered in silence most of her life because of what she lived through in Germany. My grandmother suffered through two wars as a German citizen. I hate war, it affects the children, the children’s children up to 3-4 generations.

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Gene Bray's avatar

El Horrible. Nice tag. Thanks. I need to clarify that. Rape is not a crime of sexual desire. It is a crime of violence. I am sure that objects that could reach the colon were sometimes used.

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