Hitler Gave Nazi Soldiers Blow Up Sex Dolls To Combat Syphilis: Book

The French resistance and Allied bombers weren't the only threats that Hitler's Nazi soldiers faced in Paris during World War II. Turns out syphilis -- spread from dalliances with French prostitutes -- presented a more clandestine danger, reveals a new book.

To combat Nazi soldiers' temptations from the Parisian joie de vivre, Hitler gave the OK to manufacture blow up sex dolls as a more (ahem) hygienic alternative, reports The Herald Sun.

The sex dolls were apart of "the Borghild Project," a top secret 1940 mission inspired by SS chief Heinrich Himmler, who first alerted Hitler of the syphilis problem, according to The Daily Mail.

"The greatest danger in Paris is the widespread and uncontrolled presence of whores," Himmler reportedly wrote.

The project focused on creating smaller-than-life-sized dolls that would fit into a soldiers backpack. As for design, they first approached Hungarian actress Kathy von Nagy to see if she could serve as a model for the doll. But after her refusal, the Nazis unsurprisingly opted for a blue eyed blonde version to "comfort" their soldiers.

After endless tests by Nazi troops in Jersey, 50 were finally ordered up for Himmler's troops. But only two years later the project was reportedly canned when soldiers refused to carry the dolls in fear of embarrassment if captured.

Author Graeme Donald first discovered Nazi Germany's sex doll project while investigating the history of the American Barbie doll for his book Mussolini's Barber, which chronicles the most bizarre untold war tales.

"While I was researching this I came across references to Nazi sex dolls and found out that Hitler had ordered them to be made," Donald told The Sun. "As ever, more troops were laid low by disease than by bullets. Syphilis was a problem Hitler was aware of and he was rumored to have suffered from it himself."

Whether or not the dolls were fit to compete with women working the streets and sheets of Paris we'll never know -- the infamous Dresden bombings destroyed the sex doll factories.

Comments

[Colin Loomis]

02:24 PM on 07/18/2011

Could have used this article in my 25 page research paper on "syphilogenesis"

[fury1021]

02:02 AM on 07/16/2011

This is so funny, Hitler was a very naughty boy!

[popsiq]

04:02 PM on 07/14/2011

I thought their 'feldmatrossen' were human. But what do I know?

These gals should stick to hummiing, or 'Springtime for Hitler', for their 'facts' aren't much better than
something picked up on a washroom wall.

I much prefer the naked news gals for my elucidation. Tatas and teeth just don't educate me enough.

[DJRickyV]

12:21 PM on 07/14/2011

I guess this is why Barbie is blonde and blue-eyed.

[CapsFan1988]

09:06 AM on 07/14/2011

as a world war two history buff, with a degree in history, this comes as a shock to me. I've never once heard of this. However, it is no wonder he wanted these dolls used in Paris. Paris was considered a cushy place to stationed. The German troops stationed in Paris probably had enough room to carry this dolls in their rucksacks. However, I'm sure they were thinking, we ae in Paris, why use an inflatable, when you can get the real thing. Now the Russian front would have been a good place for these dolls. However, since there was almost constant fighting, and the full use of rucksacks were needed, I highly doubt that they would've had enouh room, or enough desire to want these dolls. this is pretty interesting though.

[popsiq]

04:04 PM on 07/14/2011

Hard to believe the 'advanced' Wehrmacht didn't issue condoms, the Brits and Americans certainly did. The Russians, I believe, used their foot linens.

[ellwood145]

08:18 AM on 07/14/2011

I was kissing my blow up doll and bit her on the neck, she blew a fart and flew out the window. I haven't seen her since.

[jswift1121]

01:46 PM on 07/14/2011

Well done, sir.

[aputzzur]

05:00 PM on 07/15/2011

lol

[cavekarst]

01:09 AM on 07/14/2011

The Herald Sun and The Daily Mail are not ideal references regarding Adolf Hitler's Nazi Europe.
I think the sex doll accounts sound too good to be true. The Germans allowed lots of brothels.
Get over it.

[Gary Hart]

10:36 PM on 07/13/2011

You can say what you want about Hitler, but at least he cared about his workers. Try saying that about your modern American Company.

[Melisa Paddock Pehl]

02:53 PM on 07/14/2011

I'm sure that got him a get out of jail free card for the 6 million people he murdered. And what workers are you referring to exactly? The ones that were paid, or the ones who were forced into working 20 hour days???

[JeffJeckyll]

06:02 PM on 07/13/2011

...yeah...and a skinny bearded dude with kidney disease phoned in the twin tower attacks while mounting his billy goat 60 years later.

[Front Row Joe]

04:00 PM on 07/13/2011

So that's why they lost the war.

[wrybelief]

03:40 PM on 07/13/2011

fühlt sich gut an.

[glen11555]

03:20 PM on 07/13/2011

Once the Sex Dolls were distributed the Syphilis rate went down but the Soldiers were reporting a new problem Porno Burn....

[aqgiii407]

03:20 PM on 07/13/2011

Hitler was obsessed with syphilis; I believe he even wrote about its danger in Mein Kampf. There are historians who theorize this obsession began when Hitler himself contracted the disease from a (Viennese?) prostitute during his "starving" artist period in the years after WWI and before the Munich Beerhall Putsch. His doctor until shortly before his death was a specialist in syphillis and other venereal diseases. Ties in with the theory that he had Parkinson's as well. Not surprising he'd go for a half-baked idea like inflatable love dolls.

[redriverraider]

04:50 PM on 07/13/2011

I Knew it!

[glockenspiel323]

10:37 PM on 07/13/2011

I heard that they were told to keep their hands busy -
until they got "honorable discharge"

[ohslimgoody]

02:46 PM on 07/13/2011

@ seccoming WTF! saved the world from what? The repubs and murdock? It didn't work there here.