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What Pynchon probably didn't know is that US soldiers, like
Russian and French ones, did also rape women and girls in occupied
Germany. Historical research uncovered this in the meantime.<br>
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href="http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article140502095/Vergewaltigung-Trophaeenjagd-Verbrechen-der-GIs.html">http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article140502095/Vergewaltigung-Trophaeenjagd-Verbrechen-der-GIs.html</a><br>
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(British soldiers didn't rape German women and girls.) <br>
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On 20.08.2015 22:37, Mike Jing wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Well, he was "gobbling Hershey bars" earlier. And
googling yielded the following.<br>
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The food situation in occupied Germany was initially very dire.
By the spring of 1946, the official ration in the US zone was no
more than 1275 calories per day (much less than the minimum
required to maintain health), with some areas probably receiving
as little as 700. Some US soldiers exploited this desperate
situation to their advantage, using their ample supply of food
and cigarettes (the currency of the black market) as what became
known as "frau bait".Each side viewed the other as the enemy,
but exchanged food for sex anyway.The often destitute mothers of
the resulting children usually received no alimony.<br>
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href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=O9xTBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=8jmxQYGeW7&sig=0FVnQmdREFxxXkZTeBGJJMrriXc&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBGoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false">https://books.google.ca/books?id=O9xTBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=8jmxQYGeW7&sig=0FVnQmdREFxxXkZTeBGJJMrriXc&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBGoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false</a><br>
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Meanwhile, candy, gum, cigarettes and such were known as “Frau
bait.†(A bit incongruous as Frau refersto a married or older
woman; the GIs were seeking Frauleins.)<br>
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href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=QNaDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT384&lpg=PT384&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=CI3dUWVyHQ&sig=BwKtFxjkJBcdscqVoKxIgKOhFr8&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBWoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false">https://books.google.ca/books?id=QNaDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT384&lpg=PT384&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=CI3dUWVyHQ&sig=BwKtFxjkJBcdscqVoKxIgKOhFr8&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBWoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false</a><br>
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Willoughby, “Sexual Behavior,†171, mentions the expression
“frau bait†for chocolate and cigarettes during the occupation.<br>
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href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=30kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=fJRIMwvii-&sig=Clb0GzAcB_4S6mG7G_7UQpjC_2E&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBmoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false">https://books.google.ca/books?id=30kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=frau+bait&source=bl&ots=fJRIMwvii-&sig=Clb0GzAcB_4S6mG7G_7UQpjC_2E&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBmoVChMIwrrksb64xwIVQgiSCh0LjwIZ#v=onepage&q=frau%20bait&f=false</a><br>
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Girls flaunt themselves partly to taunt the Americans but
chiefly in order to get "frau bait" of candy, gum and cigarets.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:06 AM, jochen
stremmel <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr">I don't think so. Rather, it's Shirley who
fills his mouth.<br>
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Mike Jing <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>V602.14-20Â Â The place never got
requisitioned. Nobody has ever seen the owner,
or even knows if “Putzi†is anybody real.
Bodine drives the truck right on into what
used to be the stable and they all get out,
Shirley hoorahing in the moonlight, Krypton
mumbling oboy, oboy through big mouthfuls of
that frau bait. There is some password and
security hassle at the door, on account of the
pig getup, but Slothrop flashes his white
plastic knight and that works.<br>
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The "frau bait" here would be food, probabaly a
candy bar, is that correct?<br>
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