Experience and Expression: Women, the Nazis, and the Holocaust

by Elizabeth R. Baer (Editor)

An innovative contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies, this set of interdisciplinary and interfaith essays undertakes a gendered analysis of women as victims, rescuers, perpetrators, and survivors, as well as their representation by postwar artists.

Genres: History, Holocaust

321 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2003

About the author

Elizabeth Baer is a Research Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Baer holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Manhattanville College, a master’s degree in English from New York University, and a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University. Her scholarly work spans the fields of history, religion, pedagogy, literature, and women’s studies. Baer has lectured, traveled, and taught all over the world including courses in Germany, the Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Namibia. She has also garnered major awards including a Bush Foundation Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholar Award, a Pew Scholarship, and a fellowship at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. A leitmotif of Professor Baer’s scholarship is the tenacity with which she investigates important and difficult issues such as sexual violence in the Holocaust and genocide in Rwanda. Her focus is social justice and the role of literary texts in achieving such justice.

Reviews

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a tough read, but extremely informative. By blending theoretical frameworks as well as modes of Holocaust knowledge, this anthology give a great education on specific points of women’s experiences during the Holocaust.