1st Edition

Women in Nazi Germany

By Jill Stephenson Copyright 2001
232 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

 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... Read more

Part One: Introduction.  1. German women and national socialism.  Part Two: Women in the racial state.  2. Reproduction, family, sexuality.  3. Women at work.  4. Education, socialization, organization.  5. The crisis of war
6. Opponents, perpetrators.  Part Three: Assessment.  7. Three issues: class, empowerment and international comparisons.  Part Four: Documents.

Biography

Stephenson, Jill