Women
TitleWomen
Author
Call number940.5318/0385
Object number06034m
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp203-217
MaterialArticle
Series titleOxford handbooks
ISBN9780199211869
NotesArticle from the book ' The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies' pp203-217
Description
Discusses the experiences of Jewish women during the Holocaust and compares their predicaments with those of Jewish men. Highlights 3 topics: initial responses to Nazi persecution, the Nazi policies that treated men and women differently, and the effect of specific problems in the ghettos and camps on women's coping strategies. Gives special attention to the incidence of rape