Sexualized Violence', Female Experiences in National Socialist Concentration Camps by Helga Amesberger, Katrin Auer, Brigitte Halbmayr

 
in German:
'Sexualisierte Gewalt', Weibliche Erfahrungen in NS-Konzentrationslagern von Helga Amesberger, Katrin Auer, Brigitte Halbmayr

Project

 

Description

So far, the problem of “Sexual violence against women” in connection with National Socialism has attracted little academic attention. There is very limited documentation and even fewer testimonies by survivors on forced prostitution in prisoner and SS brothels. Due to the contempt with which these women were treated and the fact that this subject is still considered taboo, very few women have spoken about this form of slave labor. It was often the case that women were not spared sexualized violence until they were in the concentration camps but, as is often reported in interviews with surviving eyewitnesses, were also abused while they were under arrest.

in German:
Der Problematik 'Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen' ist im Zusammenhang mit nationalsozialistischen Themen bisher geringes wissenschaftliches Interesse gewidmet worden. Über Zwangsprostitution in Häftlings- und SS-Bordellen liegen nur wenige historische Dokumente und noch weniger ZeitzeugInnen-Berichte vor. Aufgrund der Verachtung, die diesen Frauen entgegengebracht wurde, sowie der nach wie vor existierenden gesellschaftlichen Tabuisierung haben die wenigsten Frauen über diese Form der Zwangsarbeit gesprochen. Sexualisierte Gewalt wurde aber nicht erst im KZ gegenüber Frauen ausgeübt, sondern auch oft, wie es in den lebensgeschichtlichen Interviews von Zeitzeuginnen berichtet wird, bereits bei der Verhaftung.

Applicant

Mandelbaum Publishers eG

in German:
Mandelbaum Verlag eG

Website

Location

Austria

Approved

24 May 2004

Category

book

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.

Publications / Media

 

Title

Sexualisierte Gewalt

Subtitle

Weibliche Erfahrungen in NS-Konzentrationslagern

Authors / Editors

Amesberger, Helga; Auer, Katrin; Halbmayr, Brigitte; Jelinek, Elfriede

Publisher

Mandelbaum-Verl.

Location

Wien

Year of Publication

2010

Edition

4. Aufl.

Number of Pages

359

Languages

ger

ISBN

9783854765257

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