GR translation: Krypton mumbling oboy, oboy through big mouthfuls of that frau bait

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

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.

http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article140502095/Vergewaltigung-Trophaeenjagd-Verbrechen-der-GIs.html

(British soldiers didn't rape German women and girls.)


On 20.08.2015 22:37, Mike Jing wrote:
> Well, he was "gobbling Hershey bars" earlier.  And googling yielded 
> the following.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_children#American
>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
> 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.)
>
> 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
>
> Willoughby, “Sexual Behavior,” 171, mentions the expression “frau 
> bait” for chocolate and cigarettes during the occupation.
>
> 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
>
> Girls flaunt themselves partly to taunt the Americans but chiefly in 
> order to get "frau bait" of candy, gum and cigarets.
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:06 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jstremmel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I don't think so. Rather, it's Shirley who fills his mouth.
>
>     2015-08-18 0:36 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>>:
>
>         V602.14-20   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.
>
>         The "frau bait" here would be food, probabaly a candy bar, is
>         that correct?
>
>
>

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