I don't get it... These femulating soldiers make prison camp seem like a vacation spot. I get that they might be happy that they are not being shot at any longer. It is so out-of-place. Perhaps because we normally only hear about the abusive prison camps from books like "Unbroken", or from the Holocaust.
Officers were treated differently than enlisted men in the Axis prisoner of war camps. The enlisted men were treated like prisoners, but officers not so much and they were able to get away with putting on shows that included femulators.
Another interesting note about German POW camps in World War II. Herman Gehring was an aviator in World War I, and had a huge amount of respect for aviators, and made sure that the luft Stalags had much better conditions than other POW camps Paula G
When I was in high school I had a girlfriend who, one day, gleefully showed me a photo of her father from his days in the Navy in WW 2. In it, for some kind of show, he and a couple of other sailors were dressed up as Navy WACS. Of course this girl had no idea that at home I secretly dressed up like a girl whenever I could. Next she suggested that I allow her and her mother to dress as a girl for the upcoming Halloween dance at school.
I turned crimson at her suggestion, but with a pounding heart I agreed. He mother loaned me a fancy dress and the mom & daughter primped me up pretty good. When her dad saw me in his wife's dress and pantyhose he quipped, "better you than me."
In retrospect I wonder if that quip was some kind of admission on his part that his wife dressed him up. I cannot imagine how wonderful that would be, but my heart races thinking of a loving wife doing that.
Thanks again for publishing these wartime femulations. I have to wonder though, where did these prisoners get all of these women's clothes? Some may have been made by them but, for example, I doubt these were? Did the German guards provide them by stealing from their own stashes or steal them from their wives? Leann
The French POW‘s are definitely not civilians. If you get my drift, love it!
ReplyDeleteI don't get it... These femulating soldiers make prison camp seem like a vacation spot. I get that they might be happy that they are not being shot at any longer. It is so out-of-place. Perhaps because we normally only hear about the abusive prison camps from books like "Unbroken", or from the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteOfficers were treated differently than enlisted men in the Axis prisoner of war camps. The enlisted men were treated like prisoners, but officers not so much and they were able to get away with putting on shows that included femulators.
DeleteAnother interesting note about German POW camps in World War II. Herman Gehring was an aviator in World War I, and had a huge amount of respect for aviators, and made sure that the luft Stalags had much better conditions than other POW camps Paula G
DeleteFrom my reading much of the wardrobes were donated by the wives of the prisoner guards.
DeleteWhen I was in high school I had a girlfriend who, one day, gleefully showed me a photo of her father from his days in the Navy in WW 2. In it, for some kind of show, he and a couple of other sailors were dressed up as Navy WACS. Of course this girl had no idea that at home I secretly dressed up like a girl whenever I could. Next she suggested that I allow her and her mother to dress as a girl for the upcoming Halloween dance at school.
ReplyDeleteI turned crimson at her suggestion, but with a pounding heart I agreed. He mother loaned me a fancy dress and the mom & daughter primped me up pretty good. When her dad saw me in his wife's dress and pantyhose he quipped, "better you than me."
In retrospect I wonder if that quip was some kind of admission on his part that his wife dressed him up. I cannot imagine how wonderful that would be, but my heart races thinking of a loving wife doing that.
Today's illustration puts a whole new spin on Cary Grant's film, "I Was a Male War Bride". LOL
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Thanks again for publishing these wartime femulations. I have to wonder though, where did these prisoners get all of these women's clothes? Some may have been made by them but, for example, I doubt these were? Did the German guards provide them by stealing from their own stashes or steal them from their wives?
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I researched the topic and wrote about what I found in a previous post. Click here to read it.
DeleteI am quite impressed that looking so glamorous she still managed to end up as a daddy.
ReplyDeletePenny from Edinburgh.