According to a book by the military historian Anthony Beevor by the time the Russians reached Berlin, soldiers were regarding women almost as carnal booty; they felt because they were liberating Europe they could behave as they pleased.
He stated in his book that Russian and Polish women and girls liberated from concentration camps were also violated.
Many had to have abortions or be treated for the syphilis they caught from being raped by different men.
Children born out of the abuses were called Russenbabies and most were abandoned and left to die.