Gender and Jewish Experience during the Holocaust

doi:10.1017/9781108900447.021

18 - Gender and Jewish Experience during the Holocaust

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2025

Helene Sinnreich

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Marion Kaplan and

Natalia Aleksiun

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Marion Kaplan: Affiliation:
New York University
Natalia Aleksiun: Affiliation:
University of Florida

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Whereas other chapters in this volume integrate gender perspectives, this chapter argues that gender is a key lens for understanding Jewish experiences in the Holocaust. Across Europe, in Jewish communities vastly different in terms of size and religious mores, gender roles and gender ideals affected access to information, escape trajectories, and survival strategies.

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testimonies married widow class gender gender ideals rape abortion infanticide woman fighter Ringelblum

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Information: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 300 - 313

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900447.021 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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