Sexual Violence in the Holocaust: Perspectives from Ghettos and Camps in Ukraine Published: 18 May 2020 Background The experiences of women in the Second World War with sexualised violence show that some suffering was gender-specific. According to the sources, sexualised violence against Jewish women and girls was not a by-product of the war, but the war itself, organised and controlled by those who denied Jews their right to exist. By Marta Havryshko
