by Wendy Lower
This book goes a long way toward elucidating the role a number of German women played as "agents of death" in the Nazi Holocaust. Before coming to this book, I had thought that the only German women who had willingly taken part in killing Jews and other peoples regarded as "undesirables" by the Nazi...
It could have been more in depth, though it would have meant the lack of specifc stories and illustrations.
I loved the beginning of this book, found it very informative, appalling but informative. The author asserts that over half a million women were either involved or consciously looked way, during the Holocaust. I must be extremely naive because I had no idea the figures were that high. Than I think, ...
For a book that was nominated for the National Book Award even before it's release date, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. While I did learn some things I didn't know before, it wasn't a terribly exciting read. If you're a holocaust completest or big on women's studies, then...
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Even though I've read hundreds of novels and history books about the Holocaust, Wendy Lower's study was a revelation. In a way, it shouldn't have been. Having read a lot about the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads who murdered Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and others in the east, to make room for Germany...
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