Heroines of the Holocaust : reframing resistance and courage in genocide
edited by Lori R. Weintrob and Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
Bok · Engelsk · 2025
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| Omfang | xviii, 318 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Women's Holocaust Heroism / Lori R. Weintrob and Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz -- Identifying Gendered Courage -- Holocaust Heroines: Definitions and Dilemmas / Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz -- Feminine Leadership and Dual Leadership in the Jewish Resistance Organizations in Poland / Avihu Ronen and Dafna Itzkovi -- The Leadership Lessons of Zivia Lubetkin / Lori R. Weintrob -- Resistance by Women in Nazi Germany -- Defiance and Protest of Jewish Women in Nazi GermanyWolf Gruner -- Everyday Routines as a Special Form of Female Resistance / Elisabeth Pönis -- Maria Leitner's Undercover Reporting and Researon German National Socialism / Sabine Kalff -- Professional Women: Rethinking Survival Skills in the Holocaust -- Hélène Cazès Benatar in Morocco During World War II / Michal Ben Ya'akov -- Professions of Life: Social Welfare Professionals as Rescuers During the Holocaust / Katy Matello -- Hadassah Bimko (Rosensaft) at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen- Belsen / Menachem Z. Rosensaft -- Women's Voices in the Ghettos, Camps and in the Partisans -- Why We Need Heroines: Reflections on My Mother, Vladka Meed / Steven Meed -- Rikle Glezer: Poet Partisan of Vilna / Jay Saper and Corbin Allardice -- Auschwitz, October 1943: A Woman Hero Without a Name / Bożena Karwowska -- Greek Women as Resisters and Rescuers in the Holocaust / Yitzchak Kerem -- Heroines of the Forest: Jewish Women in Partisan Units in Lithuania and Belarus / Daniela Ozacky Stern -- Remembering Three Ravensbrück Heroes / Rochelle G. Saidel -- Comparative Frameworks: The Armenian Genocide, the Porajmos and the Genocide of the Tutsis -- Women Resisters to the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Syria / Khatchig Mouradian -- Spaces of Resistance of Sinti and Romani Women during the Nazi Persecution / Verena Meier -- The Role of Ukrainian Women in Rescuing Jews during the Holocaust in Ukraine / Hanna Abukanova -- Women Rescuers in the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda / Jennie E. Burnet -- After the Holocaust: Remembering Women's Activism -- Zivia Lubetkin; Her Public Story, Her Private Story / Sharon Geva -- Thea Altaras: Reclaiming Jewish Identity after the Resistance / Anita Lukic -- Afterword: On Audacity / Judy Batalion.. - "This book brings together international scholars to examine and share new approaches in the history of women's rescue and resistance during the Holocaust and the Armenian and Rwandan genocide. The activities of women during the Holocaust have often been forgotten, erased, misunderstood, or intentionally distorted. Jewish women and those of all faiths fought with dignity, compassion, and courage to save others from the murderous Nazi regime in many nations. Women played essential roles operating educational, cultural, humanitarian and armed resistance initiatives, thereby preserving social customs, religious traditions, lives and histories in defiance of oppression in the Holocaust and other genocides. There remain many untold, heroic stories of women challenging the Nazis with pen, pistol or sabotage. With contributions from a collection of authors, some of whom are descendants of resistance leaders, the chapters focus on different kinds of activities which are considered as forms of resistance or Amidah: strengthening solidarity among themselves, creating open, but hidden spaces for cultural life, promoting religious or political activities, acting as leaders in networks of defiance and transferring important information within the camp or to the outer world, among others. Discussing the efforts to respond with humanity to the inhumanity that these women confronted, this volume will open up avenues of inquiry that are critical in the face of rising antisemitism and authoritarian movements that threaten democracy and mutual respect. This volume will be of value to scholars and students interested in Second World War History, Women's and Gender History, Jewish Studies, and the history of the Holocaust"--
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| ISBN | 9781032536620
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