joy division
joy division · joy divisions
Freudenabteilung
A Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slavesA Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slaves.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)A Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slaves.
Freudenabteilung
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
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Origin
Calque of German Freudenabteilung. Popularized in the novella House of Dolls (1955), now cCalque of German Freudenabteilung. Popularized in the novella House of Dolls (1955), now considered largely fictional by many historians, although brothels did exist in some Nazi concentrations camps.
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Forms
plural: joy divisions| Singular | joy division |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedstalag
See also
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