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Hitler's furies German women in the Nazi killing fields

A history of German women in the Holocaust reveals their roles as plunderers, witnesses, and actual executioners on the Eastern front, describing how nurses, teachers, secretaries, and wives responded to what they believed to be Nazi opportunities only to perform brutal duties.

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Main Author: Lower, Wendy
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Germany.
Women war criminals > Germany.
National socialism and women.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
HISTORY / Holocaust.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
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Summary:A history of German women in the Holocaust reveals their roles as plunderers, witnesses, and actual executioners on the Eastern front, describing how nurses, teachers, secretaries, and wives responded to what they believed to be Nazi opportunities only to perform brutal duties.
Physical Description:xi, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780547863382 (hbk.)
0547863381 (hbk.)
Author Notes:WENDY LOWER is the John K. Roth Professor of History at Claremont McKenna College and a research associate at the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich. A historical consultant for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, she has published numerous articles and books on the Holocaust and conducted archival research and fieldwork in central and eastern Europe since 1992.

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