Women under the Third Reich: A Biographical Dictionary

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Traditionally, the story of the Third Reich has been a story of men, yet women participated in all aspects of the war and on both sides of the Nazi flag. This dictionary, with entries on more than 100 women, shows the diversity of their roles in this turbulent and disturbing period. It includes entries on resistance fighters, nurses, entertainers, writers, filmmakers, spies and prisoners with exceptional spirit and courage. The women came from all the countries involved with the Third Reich and from many different occupations before their involvement in the war - housewives, secretaries, singers, film stars, pilots and athletes - thereby providing a woman's perspective on the history of the Third Reich. Despite the vast number of women who supported or fought against the Third Reich, historians have often neglected them and their contributions. Researchers checking the index of a book on the Third Reich might see one or two female names - usually Anne Frank or Eva Braun. This book is the first to provide biographical information on the vast number of women who helped shape the era. It offers an opportunity to reclaim a small sampling of the women who fought against or supported the Third Reich.

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"This is a unique work that should be useful in libraries with collections on women or Germany. It is recommended for public libraries and would be a good curriculum-related resource for schools. It is suitable for browsing because so many interesting individuals are covered....[This book] provides the impact the authors intended: to bring to light how this controversial period in history affected women."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
No other source...brings together comparable information about women and their part in supporting or opposing Nazism.-American Reference Books Annual
This is a unique work that should be useful in libraries with collections on women or Germany. It is recommended for public libraries and would be a good curriculum-related resource for schools. It is suitable for browsing because so many interesting individuals are covered....[This book] provides the impact the authors intended: to bring to light how this controversial period in history affected women.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"No other source...brings together comparable information about women and their part in supporting or opposing Nazism."-American Reference Books Annual

Author Bio

SHAARON COSNER is an independent scholar specializing in women's studies. She is the coauthor of American Women Historians, 1700s-1900s: A Biographical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1977), and the author of several other books. She teaches at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona.