He included the tale in his book, Mussolini's Barber, a compilation of bizarre stories connected with the biggest events of history.
The World War Two project began in 1940 after SS chief Henrich Himmler wrote: ‘The greatest danger in Paris is the widespread and uncontrolled presence of whores, picking up clients in bars, dance halls, and other places.
‘It is our duty to prevent soldiers from risking their health just for the sake of a quick adventure.’
The dolls were apparently trialled in Nazi-occupied Jersey at the German barracks in St Hellier. After being refined, Himmler was so impressed he immediately ordered 50 of them.
However, at the beginning of 1942 he changed his mind and the whole project was axed and any evidence was destroyed in the Allied bombing of Dresden.
The story came from German sculptor Arthur Rink, one of the men on the team which designed the doll at the Racial Hygiene and Demographic Biology Research Unit.
Mr Donald said: ‘I was looking at the weird things on the periphery of major events when I came across this story.
‘I was actually researching the history of the Barbie doll that was based on a German sex doll of the 1950s.
‘Ruth and Elliot Handler from America visited Germany in 1956 and saw the Lilli dolls that were sold in barbers' shops and nightclubs - and were not for children.
‘Ruth didn't realise this and bought one and realised later they were not toys. But Ruth and her husband used the doll as a foundation for what became Barbie.
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