Women in the Third Reich

by Matthew Stibbe

While Nazi Germany has been the subject of countless scholarly works, gender studies, as a category of analysis, has largely been neglected in interpretative surveys of Nazi Germany. This book examines the female half of the German population during the years of the Third Reich and asks why such a sizeable portion of the population was ready to rally around a movement both blatantly anti-feminist and determined to exclude women from public life. It explains how ordinary Germans translated Nazi beliefs into action and what factors, in addition to gender, influenced women's political choices between 1933 and 1945.

Genres: History

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2003

Reviews

[Ro · Rating 4 out of 5]

really interesting.
3.5 stars

[Murray Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some useful facts, but mostly woke drivel

[books.books.books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting academic book about the experience of women in Germany during the Second World War. This is a subject that has not been as broached in mainstream media as the experience of women in victorious countries such as the UK and US and is still a sensitive subject for many. Using various forms of evidence including media, eye witness accounts and interviews, this book details the horrors experienced by women in Hitler's Germany, whilst also discussing the complicated relationship between the 'desirable' Germans of Hitler's Germany with the state and their fellow 'undesirable' neighbours. Hard hitting, unflinching and highly informative, it helped a lot with my essays on Nazi Germany.