# joy division

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slaves.

## Etymology
Calque of German Freudenabteilung. Popularized in the novella House of Dolls (1955), now considered largely fictional by many historians, although brothels did exist in some Nazi concentrations camps.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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