Women of the Third Reich / Anna Maria Sigmund ; [translation, NDE Publishing].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sigmund, Anna Maria.

Standardized Title:

Frauen der Nazis. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

National socialism and women.

Women--Germany--History--20th century.

Women.

Fascism and women.

Germany.

History.

Women--Germany--Biography.

Fascism and women--Germany.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Richmond Hill, Ont. : NDE Pub., 2000.

Summary:

This groundbreaking work examines the official Nazi portrayal of women in the Third Reich as well as the real lives of eight women who were a part of the Nazi regime or played a role in its ascendancy. Many women in German high society were fascinated by Adolf Hitler and helped him to achieve political power, while women like filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl were fueling Hitler's propaganda machine. The private lives of Hitler's assistants' wives are also explored -- revealing Magda Goebbels's complicity in the murder of her six children in 1945, Carin and Emmy Goring's relations with their morphine-addicted husbands, and the knowledge that Margaret Himmler had of her husband's actions as leader of the SS.

Contents:

Hitler and the "German woman"

Carin Goering

Emmy Goering

Magda Goebbels

Leni Riefenstahl

Gertrud Scholtz-Klink

Geli Raubal

Eva Braun

Henriette von Schirach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234).

ISBN:

1553211057

OCLC:

44112674