Le furie di Hitler. Complici, carnefici, storia delle donne che appoggiarono il Reich

Mention “Nazi women" and “Holocaust,” and minds will fixate—at least, my mind will fixate—on the image of Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS : a buxom blonde camp guard sporting decolletage, high boots and improbable jodhpurs. Wendy Lower wishes to replace that fantasy with a reality less titillating but more Leggi tutto

Based on the NYT's blog interview with Wendy it is clear that she, her agent and publisher sacrificed the integrity of a serious subject in rder to publish a commercial book that does not prove its marketing claims. After decades of research Wendy had a theory she sought to prove -that countless tho Leggi tutto

I seldom read non-fiction, but I have always been fascinated about WWII, probably the darkest age in the history of humanity. This was a very informative book that made me interested in searching for other books of the same topic. This book is very short, and although the narrative is a bit flat, it i Leggi tutto

I recently read a historical novel that amongst other things referred to the role of women in Nazi crimes in Eastern Europe, so I wanted to read a history book on the subject. This book, through the stories of some of these women and other sources, gives us an insight into this involvement, attempti Leggi tutto

A Look at Some Women in the Reich. Wendy Lower takes a look the role of women in the Third Reich and if and how they became embroiled in the mass murders of the eastern theatre of the war. It is a sobering fact that by 1945, 40% of the Gestapo was staffed by women. But this is not where most found wo Leggi tutto

I have many issues with this book. Where is the research?? She focuses on a few (maybe a dozen) women and draws these overarching and unsubstantiated ideas. For example, she'll say something like, "Terrible things happened in X city in Poland. How can we believe women weren't there? They were there a Leggi tutto