Anonyma Eine Frau in Berlin

This is a new German movie released early this year. It is about the mass rape committed by Soviet Red Army after Berlin fell. This piece of history had been rarely publicized until British historian Anthony Beevor revealed the horrified stories of these women in his book 'Berlin - The Downfall 1945'. In order to avoid being raped, some wise Berlin women fraternized with Soviet officiers. They offered themselves as mistresses in exchange for protection from rapacious Soviet soldiers, who were eager to avenge Russian suffering at the hands of the Nazis. Most of the raped victims led haunted lives afterwards, suffering all kinds of psychological trauma for years. Stifled from speaking out of their ordeals, some were not able to bear the shame and committed suicides. The mass rape was documented in an obscure WWII documentary published in 1959, but the then bellicose disposition toward the Nazis muffled the voices of these miserable women. Not until recently attention has been rekindled for their stories due to the renewed hostility between Western Europe and Russia. Talking about political convenience here.