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Helmut Kohl's first wife raped by Red Army troops at 12: Book.
PTI | Jun 19, 2011, 12.28pm IST
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LONDON: Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl's first wife Hannelore was raped at the age of 12 by the erstwhile Soviet Union's Red Army troops, says a new book.
Late Hannelore Kohl and her mother were attacked by Red Army troops after the defeat of Germany in World War II in May 1945, according to the biographical book titled, 'In The Woman at his side - the life and suffering of Hannelore Kohl'.
Before her death in 2001 at the age of 68, Hannelore told the book's author Herbert Schwan how she was "dumped like sack of potatoes out of first floor window" after her ordeal, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
She never fully recovered from damage to her back and was traumatised for the rest of her life by the sexual assault - in fact she was haunted by the "smell of male sweat, garlic, alcohol and even the sound of spoken Russian", says the book.
The author had unrestricted access to Hannelore and became her confidante until her death in 2001. She committed suicide with a drug overdose after contracting an allergy to light which caused her to lose her hair.
In the book, author Schwan writes: "I understood her openness to be her granting me permission to one day publish what she told me."
The biography also paints a despairing picture of Hannelore's marriage to Helmut who was conservative politician in the provinces when they met. When he became the chancellor of Germany in 1982, she hated being in the spotlight so much she banned her two sons from discussing politics.
But the "unification chancellor" was obsessed and when he decided to run for office again in 1998, she only learned of his decision by watching the news.
Schwan has claimed in his book that several women friends urged her to divorce him after rumours that he was having an affair with his office manager. By that time her allergic condition was so bad that she stayed indoors all day venturing out only at night.
Helmut Kohl, 80 remarried Maike Richter, 35 years his junior, in 2008.
Helmut Kohl's first wife raped by Red Army troops at 12: Book - The Times of India
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Sad.What the Germans did to the Jews and rest of the world does not justify what the Red Army and others might have done to the innocent women and children of Germany.May be the Russians had the siege of Leningrad in mind.Anyway one wrong does not justify another.
PTI | Jun 19, 2011, 12.28pm IST
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LONDON: Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl's first wife Hannelore was raped at the age of 12 by the erstwhile Soviet Union's Red Army troops, says a new book.
Late Hannelore Kohl and her mother were attacked by Red Army troops after the defeat of Germany in World War II in May 1945, according to the biographical book titled, 'In The Woman at his side - the life and suffering of Hannelore Kohl'.
Before her death in 2001 at the age of 68, Hannelore told the book's author Herbert Schwan how she was "dumped like sack of potatoes out of first floor window" after her ordeal, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
She never fully recovered from damage to her back and was traumatised for the rest of her life by the sexual assault - in fact she was haunted by the "smell of male sweat, garlic, alcohol and even the sound of spoken Russian", says the book.
The author had unrestricted access to Hannelore and became her confidante until her death in 2001. She committed suicide with a drug overdose after contracting an allergy to light which caused her to lose her hair.
In the book, author Schwan writes: "I understood her openness to be her granting me permission to one day publish what she told me."
The biography also paints a despairing picture of Hannelore's marriage to Helmut who was conservative politician in the provinces when they met. When he became the chancellor of Germany in 1982, she hated being in the spotlight so much she banned her two sons from discussing politics.
But the "unification chancellor" was obsessed and when he decided to run for office again in 1998, she only learned of his decision by watching the news.
Schwan has claimed in his book that several women friends urged her to divorce him after rumours that he was having an affair with his office manager. By that time her allergic condition was so bad that she stayed indoors all day venturing out only at night.
Helmut Kohl, 80 remarried Maike Richter, 35 years his junior, in 2008.
Helmut Kohl's first wife raped by Red Army troops at 12: Book - The Times of India
---------- Post added at 01:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM ----------
Sad.What the Germans did to the Jews and rest of the world does not justify what the Red Army and others might have done to the innocent women and children of Germany.May be the Russians had the siege of Leningrad in mind.Anyway one wrong does not justify another.
