future research may in fact change this, but i could account for about a half a million german women who circulatedded in the eastern territory during the war in different capacities. the german red cross trained 640,000 women during the nazi era. 400,000 of the them were in wartime service. and some 300,000 of them were in the eastern territory. the german army trained a lot half million women in support positions a flight recorders, radio operators, wiretappers. him leer's reich. they had to maintain secrecy. and they were special auxiliaries. 2500 were sent to one region alone in poland to participate in this germanization effort to set up cinder garten when they came in to teach them all about the nazi ideology and so forth. so this -- these were 200 -- and of course over 240,000 women were ss bride. the wives of ss men, and they were encouraged to go stay with their men. because the ss organization was also a breeding organization that lead to racial organization. so we find many ss wives in these locations where they're men were so they could be together and propagate -- you know, continue to pr