German men, as well as women, Nazi or not were Sodomized raped by Soviet soldiers after the fall of Berlin in World War II in a collective cruel and brutal 'Mother of all paybacks ''

 

While the mass rapes of German women by Red Army soldiers are more widely documented and discussed, historical evidence indicates that sexual violence was not exclusively directed at women. Men and boys also became victims of such assaults, though the scale and documentation of these incidents are less comprehensive, partly due to social stigma and underreporting.

Historians estimate that up to two million German women were raped by Soviet troops during and after the conquest of German territory in 1945, with the fall of Berlin being a particularly brutal episode.

 Howevr, accounts of male victims exist, often overshadowed by the focus on female victims.

 For instance, research by historians like Miriam Gebhardt, in her book Crimes Unspoken: The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War, highlights that sexual violence extended to men and boys, though exact numbers are harder to pinpoint. Gebhardt suggests that at least 860,000 women and girls, and an unspecified number of men and boys, were raped by Allied forces, including Soviet troops, in the post-war period.

Specific cases of male rape are documented in archival records and survivor testimonies.

 

For example, in the Freiburg State Archives, a case from 1945 describes a man, W.H., who was raped by a Moroccan soldier (under Allied command) and contracted syphilis as a result. 

While this particular incident involves a non-Soviet perpetrator, it reflects the broader climate of sexual violence during the occupation. Soviet soldiers, too, were reported to have targeted males in some instances, often as acts of domination or revenge. 

Norman Naimark, in The Russians in Germany, notes that the Soviet troops’ actions were driven by a mix of vengeance, entitlement, and the breakdown of discipline, which did not spare men from being victimized.

The stigma surrounding male rape meant that many victims remained silent, and official reports often downplayed or reinterpreted these incidents to avoid social shame. This silence has contributed to a historical narrative that focuses predominantly on female victims. However, testimonies from the period, including those collected decades later, reveal that boys and men were not immune to the widespread sexual violence unleashed by the Red Army as they advanced through Germany.

So, while the rape of women was far more extensive and systematically recorded, men were indeed also victims of sexual violence by Soviet soldiers after the fall of Berlin, though the full scope remains less visible in historical accounts due to cultural taboos and limited documentation. [ AI / Olofin]