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> Genre: History > Jen K’s Review #1: Hitler’s Furies

Jen K’s Review #1: Hitler’s Furies

January 3, 2014 by Jen K 4 Comments

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The idea behind this book was to explore the role of women in Nazi Germany, and how they participated or collaborated with the regime, only to be mostly ignored in the post war time years, while instead the myth of the German martyr women, victims of rape and air attacks on the home front took hold. While I liked the book and thought Lower made an interesting argument, it felt all too brief, more like this is the beginning of an area of study. For example, she does not focus on the female camp guards who have already been documented, but instead chooses to look specifically at the women that had were in the know, and some cases had the power and authority to effect things and how they handled themselves. She looks at the secretaries that signed and typed the orders, the nurses that adminstered the euthanasia, the wives that supported their husbands.

Full review here.

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: gender, WWII

Post by Jen K · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: gender, WWII ·
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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I have a Siamese cat named Dany as a roommate, and still think they did Jon Snow wrong. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance (mostly historical) tend to be my go to genres now a days. View Jen K's reviews»

Comments

  1. Malin says

    January 3, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    No need to read so fast, Jen. I have an ungodly amount of correction work to finish before the 10th of December, give a woman a sporting chance here. 🙂

    Reply
    • Malin says

      January 3, 2014 at 8:22 pm

      I of course meant January. See, all the work is scrambling my brain. No time to read for pleasure.

      Reply
    • Jen K says

      January 3, 2014 at 8:53 pm

      I’m back to regular work hours starting Monday, and classes also start back up then – just trying to squeeze in some fun reading before getting stuck on Wealthe of a Nation, Locke and Hobbes.

      Reply
      • Jen K says

        January 3, 2014 at 8:54 pm

        At least you can still spell.

        Reply

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