German Women's Life Writing and the Holocaust: Complicity and Gender in the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9781108472821 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 292 str.

Elisabeth Krimmer

Opis

Examines women's life writing in order to shed light on female complicity in the Second World War and the Holocaust.

Recenzje

'Elisabeth Krimmer offers poised readings of a broad range of women's voices to promote a nuanced understanding of the complex relationship of gender, genocide, and female agency. In doing so, she both untangles and complicates narratives about the German past, corrects androcentric views, and brings a welcome and important addition to the field that will be of use to scholars and students in a variety of disciplinary frameworks.' Sandra Alfers, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Spis treści

1. Introduction: gender, war and the Holocaust; 2. Ruptured narratives: German women and Hitler's army; 3. Cropped vision: nursing in the Second World War; 4. Interrupted silences: German victims of rape; 5. Parallel stories: women refugees; 6. A view from the outside in: Jewish women and German complicity; Conclusion; Bibliography.