After the liberation of Europe, the practise of cutting the hair of women known to have asosiated with the germans, was wildy spread. Where did this idea originate? It happend in South of France to Finnmark, Norway.

by admiral808

"2. Bergkompani" of the norvegian army trained in England came and releaved the liberating sovjets from Finnmark. They then started dealing justice, shaving the heads of women. Was this a very common shaming practise throughout Europe, or was this an order from allied command? I cant find any proof of earlyer displays of shameshaving, at least not in Norway, witch leads me to belive that this is an inherited practise from England or an centralised order to the liberating forces.

sturle

I'm no historian. However, I found on the Norwegian wiki for "tyskertøs" (derogative name given girls dating German soldiers) that Danish police registered the first haircut danish girl in September 1940, just 5 months into the occupation. I do not believe anyone ordered this and it was normally not carried out by soldiers. Authorities had other strategies (internment). This smell of street justice. These girls were incredibly unpopular. Those in Norway who married German soldiers lost their citizenship after the war and was deported to Germany.