During the Nazi occupation of France in World War II, French women accused of having intimate relations with German soldiers were subjected to having their heads shaved and paraded in front of a jeering mob. Although these women were not physically harmed, since hair grows back, this act remains an extreme form of torture and humiliation. It starkly highlights how deeply hair is tied to human dignity. The forcible removal of a person’s hair serves as a symbolic stripping away of their identity, leaving them vulnerable to public degradation.
