Talk:War crimes against Germans on the Eastern Front

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Silverbrain.png I'm done with this page, and I'm not going to say anything else about it. –Aleksandr(a) Ehrenstein, Jewish Bolshevik 15:22, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Um, I don't think we should declare suicide a racist act. I think even if they were living in Nazi Germany, committing suicide because of rape need not be mocked. I know that this article is for educating people about context and to prevent Holocaust denialism, but it is extremely disheartening to see victims blamed for their deaths because they were on the wrong side. So I won't change it myself, but I wanted to say how I felt. 72.227.65.112 (talk) 15:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

I've felt the same way. The article goes into why the traditional approach to rape in war is wrong in this case. Reputable sources have established that racism was one of the causes of shame in being raped. Also, it's not rape victims who are being blamed for a racist suicides; it's also men and women who were never raped, but who committed suicide in advance of the Red Army. There were also many women who murdered their children before committing suicide. –Александр(а) (Talk | Contribs | Ragebox) 15:10, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure you understand what I'm trying to say. This article is justifying rape, which is an unjustifiable act. It's offensive to me that German women would have somehow been more deserving of rape because they were somehow inherently more racist and evil. We need to tone down the vindictive nature of this article, this is an educational resource not a tool for shaming dead people. One rape doesn't make another okay, not even 1 million rapes makes another okay. This is how I feel. 72.227.65.112 (talk) 15:26, 31 July 2013 (UTC)