Sexualized violence against women during the Nazi 'racial' persecution
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Sexualized violence against women during the Nazi 'racial' persecution
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318082/0046
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]07409b
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Brandeis University Press, University Press of New England
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2010
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp29-44
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]HBI series on Jewish women
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9781584659051
NotesArticle from the book 'Sexual violence against Jewish women during the Holocaust' pp29-44
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
In Nazi concentration camps there were specific prevailing conditions for sexual violence against women. The SS had complete power over prisoners, and extreme exploitation, abuse and dehumanizaion characterized daily life. This was partly determined by the Nazi racial ideology. Some forms of sexualized violence, such as forced abortion, sterilization and 'medical' experiments also took place