{"product_id":"women-in-the-holocaust","title":"Women in the Holocaust","description":"As Jews throughout Europe faced Nazi persecution, Jewish women?wives, daughters, mothers?encountered special problems and had particular vulnerabilities. This is the first book of original scholarship devoted to women in the Holocaust. By examining women’s unique responses, their incredible resourcefulness, their courage, and their suffering, the book enhances our understanding of the experiences of all Jews during the Nazi era.\n\nThe introductory essay by Lenore Weitzman and Dalia Ofer stakes out new intellectual territory and shows how questions about gender lead to a richer and more finely nuanced understanding of the Holocaust. Testimonies of Holocaust survivors, written especially for this book, shed light on women’s lives in the ghettos, the Jewish resistance movement, and the concentration camps. The narratives personalize and exemplify many of the larger themes explored in other chapters by Holocaust historians, sociologists, and literary experts. These chapters explore the variety and complexity of gender differences during the Holocaust. The culturally defined prewar roles of Jewish men and women endowed them with different spheres of knowledge, expertise, and skills with which to face the Nazi onslaught. During the war the Nazis imposed different regulations, work requirements, and sanctions on the two sexes. Women had to assume new roles as family protectors during the ghetto period, when men were more vulnerable. In contrast women, and especially mothers, were more vulnerable in the concentration camps. The detailed portraits of women in these chapters show us their individuality, strength, and humanity.\n\nContributors to this volume:\n\nGershon Bacon\n\nYehuda Bauer\n\nDaniel Blatman\n\nGisela Bock\n\nRuth Bondy\n\nLiza Chapnik\n\nIda Fink\n\nMyrna Goldenberg\n\nSara R. Horowitz\n\nPaula E. Hyman\n\nMarion Kaplan\n\nFelicja Karay\n\nBronka Klibansk\n\nLawrence L. Langer\n\nDalia Ofer\n\nRenée Poznanski\n\nJoan Ringelheim\n\nNechama Tec\n\nMichal Unger\n\nLidia Rosenfeld Vago\n\nLenore J. Weitzman\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0300073542\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0300073542.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ofer, Professor Dalia|Weitzman, Lenore J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41510717161530,"sku":"DBV.0300073542.G","price":24.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0300073542-0.jpg?v=1783450800","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/women-in-the-holocaust","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}