Description |
xi, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The lost generation of German women -- The East needs you -- Witnesses -- Accomplices -- Perpetrators -- Why did they kill? -- What happened to them? |
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. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Germany.
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Women war criminals -- Germany.
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National socialism and women.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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ISBN |
9780547863382 hardback |
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0547863381 hardback |
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