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noun
A Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slaves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: World War II
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque 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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