The Nazis invented the sex doll

[Werner Presber]

(…) The "field-hygienic project" was an initiative of Himmler, who  
regarded the doll as a "counterbalance" for the sexual drive of his  
stormtroopers. In one of his letters, he mentions the "unnessessary  
losses" the Wehrmacht had suffered in France, inflicted by street  
prostitutes. "The greatest danger in Paris are the wide-spread and  
uncontrolled whores, picking up clients in bars, dancehalls and other  
places. It is our duty to prevent soldiers from risking their health,  
just for the sake of a quick adventure." One assumes Himmler also  
wanted to stop any racial dilution of the great German army. (…)

The world's first sexdoll - or "gynoid" - was built in 1941 by a team  
of craftsmen from Germany's Hygiene Museum in Dresden. The project  
was supervised by a famous technician, Franz Tschakert. He was the  
"father of the woman of glass," which happened to be the sensation in  
the 1930's International Hygiene Exhibition.

Psychiatrist Dr. Rudolf Chargeheimer wrote the following note as the  
project went forward:

"The sure thing, purpose and goal of the dolls is to relieve our  
soldiers. They have to fight and not be on the browl or mingle with  
'foreign womenfolk.' However: no real men will prefer a doll to a  
real woman, until our technicians meet the following quality standards:
The synthetic flesh has to feel the same as real flesh;
The doll's body should be as agile and moveable as the real body;
The doll's organ should feel absolutely realistic." (…)

Borghild's presentation in Berlin was a great success. While Himmler  
examined her artificial orfices, Tschakert was very nervous, but  
Himmler was so enthusiastic, he ordered 50 Borghilds on the spot.  (…)

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