German women and the Holocaust in the Nazi East
TitreGerman women and the Holocaust in the Nazi East
Auteur
Call number364.151082/0001
N° d'objet10217f
Lieu de publicationBloomington, Indiana, United States
EditeurIndiana University Press
Année de publication
2018
Paginationpp111-136
MatérielArticle
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
