Dr. Eglitis’s lecture discusses the occurrence of sexual violence during the liberation, specifically the assaults carried out by Soviet Army liberators against Jewish female survivors. Testimonies and memoirs reveal that some Soviet troops perceived surviving Nazi captivity as evidence of complicity, which fueled a desire for revenge, leading soldiers to seek payment for freedom from women survivors. Evidence from these sources also highlights ongoing brutality against survivors who sought to return home to the USSR, including Soviet filtration camps.

This programme is in collaboration with Ghetto Fighters House, Remember the Women Institute, Women in the Holocaust – International Study Centre (MORESHET), Wagner College Holocaust Centre, Classrooms Without Borders, Rabin Chair Forum Washington University, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre.

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