Holocaust Days of Remembrance – Jewish Women in Nazi Germany and Poland

The  unique experiences and tactics of Jewish women during the interwar and war years in Germany and Poland differed from men and endowed them with different skills and knowledge with which to face the Nazi onslaught. In Poland, gender roles were reversed as women, in addition to homemakers, became family protector, agents of acculturation, and primary breadwinners. The lecture also examines women’s daily lives including education and involvement in the public and socio- political spheres.

Lecture by Ali Botein-Furrevig, PH.D.