Summary of Wendy Lower's Hitler's Furies

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#1 The Weimar Republic saw an explosion of ragtag movements, vigilante groups, and organized parties of all stripes. The Woman Question appeared in more diffuse, contradictory forms in Weimar culture and politics.

#2 The 1920s was when ordinary Germans experienced an expansion of individual liberties and a greater degree of political power. However, this also contributed to the political polarization and dysfunctional coalitions of the fragile republic.

#3 German women were not disproportionately attracted to the Nazi Party, and many were active supporters of Hitler’s cause, but they cannot be blamed for voting Hitler into power democratically.

#4 The increase in female prisoners meant an increase in female guards, who were recruited from the Nazi Party Women’s Organization. The guards had a brutal attitude toward the prisoners, and many were pressed into service to fulfill compulsory labor duty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822500556

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

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Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Weimar Republic saw an explosion of ragtag movements, vigilante groups, and organized parties of all stripes. The Woman Question appeared in more diffuse, contradictory forms in Weimar culture and politics.

#2

The 1920s was when ordinary Germans experienced an expansion of individual liberties and a greater degree of political power. However, this also contributed to the political polarization and dysfunctional coalitions of the fragile republic.

#3

German women were not disproportionately attracted to the Nazi Party, and many were active supporters of Hitler’s cause, but they cannot be blamed for voting Hitler into power democratically.

#4

The increase in female prisoners meant an increase in female guards, who were recruited from the Nazi Party Women’s Organization. The guards had a brutal attitude toward the prisoners, and many were pressed into service to fulfill compulsory labor duty.

#5

Outside the camps, women persecuted other women as well. The most vulnerable members of society were expendable.

#6

In the Reich’s battle for births, Hitler’s female combatants had to fall in line, follow orders, sacrifice for the greater good, and suffer in silence. They had to give up control over their own bodies, which were now in service to the state.

#7

The young women of the era did not look back at the suffragettes, who had fought for the right to vote, as outdated. They were not self-proclaimed feminists. When the Nazis called for the abolition of the female vote in 1933, German women