Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, was seriously concerned about the productivity of the forced laborers in the camps.  He thought up an incentive system: privileges were granted to anyone whose work was satisfactory. One of these privileges was the right to visit a brothel. To that end he had brothels installed in the largest camps, among which Dachau, Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, and even Auschwitz.

In addition to the forced prostitution there were also young women who wanted to experience love before they were murdered.