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Roth professor of history at claremont mckenna college, discusses her new book. Hitlers furies builds a fascinating and convincing picture of a morally lost generation of young women, born into a defeated, tumultuous postworld war i germany, and then swept up in the nationalistic. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland by christopher r. Hitlers furies shines a stark light on the ordinary women who accompanied the ordinary men of christopher brownings landmark study. A grim, original study of the nurses, teachers, secretaries and wives who made up a good half of hitlers murderers. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that. The role of women perpetrators during the final solution has been too much glossed over. A 20 national book award nonfiction finalist, hitlers furies sets out to show that. This is the finalist for the us national jewish book award. New statesman uk lower sheds some muchneeded light on an aspect of wwii history that has remained in the shadows for decades. Baker burton award, best first book in european history, southern historical association, 2007. It is a significant addition to our understanding of the role of ordinary germans in the reich s genocide. A 20 national book award nonfiction finalist, hitlers furies sets out to show that many german women played an active role in supporting hitler and nazi germany during world war ii.
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She builds a fascinating and convincing picture of a morally lost generation of young. Not the wives or socialites, but the secretaries and nurses. Wendy lowers book provides an important and stunning corrective. While himmler, goebbels, goring and speer always get center stage, she. Holocaust memorial museum, she has conducted archival research and field work on the holocaust for twenty years. Roth chair at claremont mckenna college in claremont, california, and in 2014 was named the director of the mgrublian center for human rights at claremont. Wendy lowers stunning account of the role of german women on the world war ii nazi eastern front powerfully revises history, proving that we have ignored the reality of womens participation in the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hitlers furies. Wendy lower born 1965 is an american historian and a widely published author on the holocaust and world war ii. Holocaust memorial museum, she has published several books and articles. Earlier books about the holocaust have offered up poster girls of brutality and atrocity.
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