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After the war, throughout France, women accused of collaboration had their heads shaved. [2] These women were referred to as "femme tondue" (shaven women) and were easily identifiable. [3] In many of the 20,000 cases, the women in question had performed only professional services for the occupying Germans, rather than being engaged in sexual ...
The Shaved Woman of Chartres (French: La Tondue de Chartres) is a black and white photograph taken by Robert Capa in Chartres on 16 August 1944. This picture was first published in Life magazine and became iconic of the épuration sauvage (wild purge) enacted after the liberation of France and the severe punishment imposed on the French women ...
With the other women and girls not selected for immediate death, Frank was forced to strip naked to be disinfected, had her head shaved, and was tattooed with an identifying number on her arm. By day, the women were used as slave labour and Frank was forced to haul rocks and dig rolls of sod; by night, they were crammed into overcrowded barracks.
Anne Hathaway is nominated for an Oscar for her work in Les Miserables, in which she had to chop off all of her hair for the role. That's dedication. Check out other stars who have done the
After having their belongings and clothes taken and their heads shaved, the prisoners are processed and enter the camp. Fénelon is recognized as being a famous musician and she finds that she will be able to avoid hard manual labor and survive longer by becoming a member of the prison's female orchestra, the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz.
From Halsey to Doja Cat, some celebrities have chopped all of their hair off for roles and others have done it just because they wanted a new look.
Many women who fraternized with the occupiers in German-occupied Europe had their heads shaved by angry mobs of their peers after liberation by the Allies of World War II. [12] During World War II, the Nazis also used head shaving as a mark of shame to punish Germans like the youthful non-conformists known as the Edelweiss Pirates. [13]
A group of women shaved their heads in support of a friend with cancer. "Fox & Friends" highlighted the heartwarming video, noting the woman, Gerdi McKenna, had no idea her friends planned to do ...