Mothers in the Fatherland - Women, the Family and Nazi Politics

From extensive research, including a remarkable interview with the unrepentant chief of Hitler's Women's Bureau, this book traces the roles played by women - as followers, victims and resisters - in the rise of Nazism.

List of contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Love and Order in the Third Reich 2. Weimar Emancipation 3. Nazi Women and their ‘Freedom Movement’ 4. Liberation and Depression 5. ‘Old-timers in the New State 6. The Second Sex in the Third Reich 7. Protestant Women for Fatherland and Fuhrer 8. Catholic Women Between Pope and Fuhrer 9. Courage and Choice: Women Who Said No 10. Jewish Women Between Survival and Death 11. Consequences: Women, Nazis, and Moral Choice. Epilogue

About the author

Claudia Koonz

Summary

From extensive research, including a remarkable interview with the unrepentant chief of Hitler’s Women’s Bureau, this book traces the roles played by women – as followers, victims and resisters – in the rise of Nazism.

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Koonz, Koonz Claudia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2014
• EAN: 9781138008083
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00808-3
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls