Women in Nazi Germany
This is a history of the experiences of diverse women in Nazi Germany in peacetime and during the Second World War, within the context of twentieth century European history.\ Through a consideration of race, reproduction and sexuality, employment patterns and opportunities, education and socialization, and the wartime fate of both favoured 'Aryan' women and the Nazi regime's designated 'racial enemies' and its opponents, it challenges both myths which have persisted and theories which have...
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From images of jubilant mothers offering the Nazi salute, to Eva Braun and Magda Goebbels, women in Hitler¿s Germany and their role as supporters and guarantors of the Third Reich continue to exert a particular fascination. This account moves away from the stereotypes to provide a more complete picture of how they experienced Nazism in peacetime and at war. What was the status and role of women in pre-Nazi Germany and how did different groups of women respond to the Nazi project in practice? Jill Stephenson looks at the social, cultural and economic organisation of women¿s lives under Nazism, and assesses opposing claims that German women were either victims or villains of National Socialism.
List of tablesList of mapsAuthor's acknowledgementsPublisher's acknowledgementsChronologyMapsPt. 1Introduction11German women and National Socialism3Pt. 2Women in the Racial State212Reproduction, family, sexuality233Women at work504Education, socialization, organization705The crisis of war946Opponents, perpetrators and the persecuted109Pt. 3Assessment1297Three Issues: class, empowerment and International comparisons131Pt. 4Documents139Glossary181Who's who184References186Guide to further reading195Index199
