Hitler's furies: German women in the Nazi killing fields
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[Place of publication not identified] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013., Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
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Book
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xi, 270 pages : map, illustrations ; 24 cm
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This "intriguing and chilling" WWII history follows thirteen ordinary German women who worked—and killed—on the Eastern Front (Chicago Tribune).
A National Book Award Finalist
Drawing on twenty years of archival research and fieldwork, Wendy Lower introduces thirteen women who took jobs in Nazi-occupied Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. She presents startling evidence that these women were more than "desk murderers" or comforters of murderous German men.
They went on "shopping sprees" and romantic outings to the Jewish ghettos; they were present at killing-field picnics, not only providing refreshment but also shooting Jews. And Lower uncovers the stories of SS wives with children of their own whose brutality is as chilling as any in history.
Lower's work offers a rare window into the lives of German women, opening up a previously unexplored aspect of the Holocaust. Hitler's Furies makes "an unsettling but significant contribution to our understanding of how nationalism, and specifically conceptions of loyalty, are normalized, reinforced, and regulated" (Los Angeles Review of Books).
A National Book Award Finalist
Drawing on twenty years of archival research and fieldwork, Wendy Lower introduces thirteen women who took jobs in Nazi-occupied Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. She presents startling evidence that these women were more than "desk murderers" or comforters of murderous German men.
They went on "shopping sprees" and romantic outings to the Jewish ghettos; they were present at killing-field picnics, not only providing refreshment but also shooting Jews. And Lower uncovers the stories of SS wives with children of their own whose brutality is as chilling as any in history.
Lower's work offers a rare window into the lives of German women, opening up a previously unexplored aspect of the Holocaust. Hitler's Furies makes "an unsettling but significant contribution to our understanding of how nationalism, and specifically conceptions of loyalty, are normalized, reinforced, and regulated" (Los Angeles Review of Books).
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Street Date:
1310
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780547863382, 0547863381
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APA Citation (style guide)
Lower, W. (2013). Hitler's furies: German women in the Nazi killing fields. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lower, Wendy. 2013. Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lower, Wendy, Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lower, Wendy. Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
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