They found refuge in the local Lutheran Church which offered them asylum.[5] The women were raped by up to 32 men per day; the visiting soldiers were allocated 15 minutes each at a nominal cost of 3 Reichsmarks per "session" between the hours of 2 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.[5] The women who were visibly pregnant were sometimes released, but would not go back to their families, so as not to shame them.[5]