• DOI:10.1353/JSH.2001.0002
Corpus ID: 145470893

Dangerous Liaisons: The Anti-Fraternization Movement in the U.S. Occupation Zones of Germany and Austria, 1945-1948

@article{Biddiscombe2001DangerousLT,
  title={Dangerous Liaisons: The Anti-Fraternization Movement in the U.S. Occupation Zones of Germany and Austria, 1945-1948},
  author={Alexander Perry Biddiscombe},
  journal={Journal of Social History},
  year={2001},
  volume={34},
  pages={611 - 647}
}

• Alexander Perry Biddiscombe
• Published 2001
• Engineering
• Journal of Social History

In the immediate post-World War II period, women in the U.S. occupied portions of Germany and Austria faced a significant threat of violence from men, especially returning Wehrmacht soldiers, who were attempting to hinder relationships between their countrywomen and American occupation troops. Punishments ranged from social ostracization to threats to physical attacks and hair clippings. Although such things happened in many parts of Europe between 1942 and 1948, a phenomenon which was part of… Expand

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