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The historiography of "ordinary" German women in Nazi Germany has changed significantly over time; studies done just after World War II tended to see them as additional victims of Nazi oppression. However, during the late 20th century, historians began to argue that German women were able to influence the course of the regime and even the war. In addition, these studies found women's ...
Jewish women in the Holocaust. Of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, two million were women. Between 1941 and 1945, Jewish women were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps or hiding to avoid capture by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler's regime in Germany. [1] [2] They were also sexually harassed, raped, verbally abused, beaten, and ...
The history of German women covers gender roles, personalities and movements from medieval times to the present in German-speaking lands.
During World War II, some Jewish men and women in concentration camps faced sexual violence, due to wartime discrimination, antisemitism, and genocidal conditions among other reasons. [1] This discrimination happened both inside concentration camps run by Adolf Hitler ’s Nazi regime and also outside of the camps. This sexual violence and discrimination happened not only in Germany but ...
Women in World War I. German female war workers in 1917. Women in World War I were mobilized in unprecedented numbers on all sides. The vast majority of these women were drafted into the civilian work force to replace conscripted men or to work in greatly expanded munitions factories. Thousands served in the military in support roles, and in ...
Female guards in Nazi concentration camps. Aufseherin ( [ˈaʊ̯fˌzeːəʁɪn], pl. Aufseherinnen) was the position title for a female guard in Nazi concentration camps. Of the 50,000 guards who served in the concentration camps, training records indicate that approximately 3,500 were women. [1] In 1942, the first female guards arrived at ...
During both World Wars, women were required to undertake new roles in their respective national war efforts. [1] Women across the world experienced severe setbacks as well as considerable societal progress during this timeframe. [2] The two World Wars hinged as much on industrial production as they did on battlefield clashes. [3] While some women managed to enter the traditionally male career ...
Trümmerfrau ( German pronunciation: [ˈtʁʏmɐˌfʁaʊ̯] ⓘ; literally translated as rubble woman) were women who, in the aftermath of World War II, helped clear and reconstruct the bombed cities of Germany and Austria. Hundreds of cities had suffered significant bombing and firestorm damage through aerial attacks and ground war, so with ...