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75 yrs ago the women's concentration camp Ravensbrück was liberated: a good time to remember women & girls who suffered sexual violence during Nazi persecution & Holocaust.
If you want to know more, here is a lit thread #75liberation #twitterstorians @ravensbrueck @medicamondiale
If you want to know more, here is a lit thread #75liberation #twitterstorians @ravensbrueck @medicamondiale
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4 years ago, poet, professor & Auschwitz survivor Ruth Klüger took the courage to speak in the German parliament about women & girls who were sexually enslaved in concentration camp brothels. Her courage was a gift to all of us.
https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2016/kw04-gedenkstunde-nachher-403424
@spdbt @GrueneBundestag
4 years ago, poet, professor & Auschwitz survivor Ruth Klüger took the courage to speak in the German parliament about women & girls who were sexually enslaved in concentration camp brothels. Her courage was a gift to all of us.
https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2016/kw04-gedenkstunde-nachher-403424
@spdbt @GrueneBundestag
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These brothels have been researched, among others, by
Robert Sommer, Das KZ-Bordell. Sexuelle Zwangsarbeit in nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslagern. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, 2009.
https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/robert-sommer/das-kz-bordell.html
#GoodReadsSVAC @FSchoeningh
These brothels have been researched, among others, by
Robert Sommer, Das KZ-Bordell. Sexuelle Zwangsarbeit in nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslagern. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, 2009.
https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/robert-sommer/das-kz-bordell.html
#GoodReadsSVAC @FSchoeningh
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How camp brothels were different from military brothels at front lines is explored in Insa Eschebach/ Regina Mühlhäuser (eds), Krieg und Geschlecht. Sexuelle Gewalt im Krieg und Sex-Zwangsarbeit in NS-Konzentrationslagern. Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 2008 https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-13300
How camp brothels were different from military brothels at front lines is explored in Insa Eschebach/ Regina Mühlhäuser (eds), Krieg und Geschlecht. Sexuelle Gewalt im Krieg und Sex-Zwangsarbeit in NS-Konzentrationslagern. Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 2008 https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-13300
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An early study on the various forms of sexual & sexualized violence in Nazi camps:
Helga Amesberger/ Katrin Auer /Brigitte Halbmayr, Sexualisierte Gewalt. Weibliche Erfahrungen in Konzentrationslagern. Wien: Mandelbaum Verlag, 2004.
https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/helga-amesberger-katrin-auer-brigitte-halbmayr/sexualisierte-gewalt.html
#GoodReadsSVAC
An early study on the various forms of sexual & sexualized violence in Nazi camps:
Helga Amesberger/ Katrin Auer /Brigitte Halbmayr, Sexualisierte Gewalt. Weibliche Erfahrungen in Konzentrationslagern. Wien: Mandelbaum Verlag, 2004.
https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/helga-amesberger-katrin-auer-brigitte-halbmayr/sexualisierte-gewalt.html
#GoodReadsSVAC
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Similarities and differences in comparison to sexual violence in other wars and genocides are discussed by
• Doris Bergen, Unique or Typical? 2006, and
• Zoe Waxman, An Exceptional Genocide? Sexual Violence in the Holocaust. 2015
#GoodReadsSVAC #genocidalrape
Similarities and differences in comparison to sexual violence in other wars and genocides are discussed by
• Doris Bergen, Unique or Typical? 2006, and
• Zoe Waxman, An Exceptional Genocide? Sexual Violence in the Holocaust. 2015
#GoodReadsSVAC #genocidalrape
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In recent years, sexual violence during the #Holocaust has become a vivid subject of research and debate, e.g. Sonja M. Hedgepeth/ Rochelle G. Saidel
(eds), Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust. Lebanon: UP of New England 2010.
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/15699
In recent years, sexual violence during the #Holocaust has become a vivid subject of research and debate, e.g. Sonja M. Hedgepeth/ Rochelle G. Saidel
(eds), Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust. Lebanon: UP of New England 2010.
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/15699
[8] A textbook introducton for students is provided here
Regina Mühlhäuser, Sexual Violence and the Holocaust, in: Andrea Petö (ed), Gender: War. Farmington Hills: Gale Cengage Learning, 2017, pp. 101-116.
@petoandrea @galecengage @remueh #WarandGender
https://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=ECB423DA815FC02A284D60B2770E90CD?N=197+4294917619+4294922390&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=537009667183969970010868604861501177105&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial
Regina Mühlhäuser, Sexual Violence and the Holocaust, in: Andrea Petö (ed), Gender: War. Farmington Hills: Gale Cengage Learning, 2017, pp. 101-116.
@petoandrea @galecengage @remueh #WarandGender
https://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=ECB423DA815FC02A284D60B2770E90CD?N=197+4294917619+4294922390&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=537009667183969970010868604861501177105&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial
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Persecuted women & girls did not only suffer sexual violence at the hands of German perpetrators. They also experienced sexual aggression by fellow prisoners or people who hid them. Here is a case study explored by @ankahajkova @tabletmag https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/holocaust-metoo-moment
Persecuted women & girls did not only suffer sexual violence at the hands of German perpetrators. They also experienced sexual aggression by fellow prisoners or people who hid them. Here is a case study explored by @ankahajkova @tabletmag https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/holocaust-metoo-moment
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Boys & men also suffered sexual violence by Nazi perps & fellow prisoners:
• Dagmar Herzog, Sexual Violence against Men: Torture at Flossenbürg. 2012
• Dorota Glowacka, Sexual Violence against Men & Boys during the Holocaust (to be published in 'German History', fall 2020)
Boys & men also suffered sexual violence by Nazi perps & fellow prisoners:
• Dagmar Herzog, Sexual Violence against Men: Torture at Flossenbürg. 2012
• Dorota Glowacka, Sexual Violence against Men & Boys during the Holocaust (to be published in 'German History', fall 2020)
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How difficult it was and is for Holocaust survivors to speak about experiences of sexual violence becomes clear in
• Joan Ringelheim, Genocide and gender: a split memory 1997, and
• Michael Nutkiewicz, Shame, Guilt, and Anguish in Holocaust Survivor Testimony 2003
#MeToo
How difficult it was and is for Holocaust survivors to speak about experiences of sexual violence becomes clear in
• Joan Ringelheim, Genocide and gender: a split memory 1997, and
• Michael Nutkiewicz, Shame, Guilt, and Anguish in Holocaust Survivor Testimony 2003
#MeToo
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Survivor narratives are also shaped by societal representations, e.g. in novels:
Pascale Bos, Sexual Violence in Ka-Tzetnik's House of Dolls. In: Annette Timm (ed), Holocaust history & the readings of Ka-Tzetnik. London: Bloomsbury, 2018.
#GoodReadsSVAC @BloomsburyBooks
Survivor narratives are also shaped by societal representations, e.g. in novels:
Pascale Bos, Sexual Violence in Ka-Tzetnik's House of Dolls. In: Annette Timm (ed), Holocaust history & the readings of Ka-Tzetnik. London: Bloomsbury, 2018.
#GoodReadsSVAC @BloomsburyBooks
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These are only a few books & articles in a growing research field. If you are looking f more information you can visit our literature database "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict" that contains more than 300 titles specifically on WWII in Europe & Asia https://warandgender.net/bibliography/
These are only a few books & articles in a growing research field. If you are looking f more information you can visit our literature database "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict" that contains more than 300 titles specifically on WWII in Europe & Asia https://warandgender.net/bibliography/
