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Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi’s Killing Fields
The Disturbing History Of The Killer Women Under Hitler's Regime
ByDB Kelly
The role of women in the Third Reich is a fascinating one. On one hand, they were famously celebrated for their role as child-bearers: Blonde-haired, blue-eyed women were the progenitors of Hitler's ideal Aryan race, and even as they were tasked with bearing children, they were also relied on to be teachers, passing down Nazi doctrine to future generations.
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But that's not all they were.
Research has shown that a shocking number of women filled other, bloodier positions, and carried out Hitler's vision in ways other than just multiplying and reinforcing his racial ideals.
Historian, academic, and author Wendy Lower spearheaded extensive research into the role of the Nazi regime's women and found some shocking things — starting with the fact that the full extent of their participation in the so-called Final Solution will likely never be understood.
She explained More than Accomplices: The Crimes of Hitler’s Female SS KEBA