Women Defying Hitler : Rescue and Resistance under the Nazis

Name: Women Defying Hitler : Rescue and Resistance under the Nazis
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Explore the profound acts of defiance and resistance by women under Hitler's dictatorship. This timely volume features an international team of scholars examining women's responses to immense deprivation and victimization. Discover the forms of women's defiance, their impact, and the moral dilemmas they faced, paying close attention to the differences gender made. Several essays address the memory and historiography of women's history during WWII, incorporating viewpoints from historians, survivors, and their descendants. This book serves as a guide to human behavior under extreme conditions and is relevant today for challenging gender discrimination and exploring the conditions faced by minorities. It highlights the importance of women's protest in influencing a totalitarian regime. The book ultimately foregrounds the continuing consequence and significance of women rescuers and resisters. Key Themes: * Women's responses to deprivation and victimization under Hitler * The impact of gender on defiance and resistance * Moral and ethical dilemmas faced by women * Historiography of women's history during WWII * Relevance for challenging discrimination and human rights issues Summary: ISBN Women Defying Hitler. Book cover type: Paperback, Language version: English, Written by: Nathan Stoltzfus (Anthology Editor), Mordecai Paldiel (Anthology Editor), Judy Baumel-Schwartz (Anthology Editor).