German women and the Holocaust in the Nazi East
TitleGerman women and the Holocaust in the Nazi East
Author
Call number364.151082/0001
Object number10217f
Place of publicationBloomington, Indiana, United States
PublisherIndiana University Press
Year of publication
2018
Physical descriptionpp111-136
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780253033819
NotesArticle from the book 'Women and genocide: survivors, victims, perpetrators.'pp111-136
Description
Focuses on German women in the Nazi East, examining their background, behaviour and identity, participation in the terror promoted by the Third Reich, and their choice to actively support Nazi fascism. By analyzing the different roles played by German female perpetrators, Lower shows how these women became an integral component of the SS-led machinery of destruction. They promoted Nazi racial policies in Germany and the occupied territories and shared with men in the task of mass murder