March WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Now available in iTunes U Learn More Launch the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in iTunes U (iTunes browser required) Mothers, daughters, housewives, physicians, teachers, athleteswomen of all ages and backgrounds were confronted with the horrors of the Holocaust. |
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Some women were leaders or members of ghetto resistance organizations. Others were active in camp armed resistance. Women responded to Nazi oppression in various ways. This Special Focus page highlights the feelings and actions of women during the Nazi era. |
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Links: Women Ravensbrueck Jewish Parachutists from Palestine Women in the Third Reich Lesbians and the Third Reich Corrie ten Boom Annotated Bibliographies (USHMM Library) Web sites focused on the experiences of women during the Holocaust (USHMM Library's Web Links) |
Jewish women at forced labor in a sewing workshop. Lodz ghetto, Poland, between 1940 and 1944. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #74528/Juedisches Museum Frankfurt am Main See photographs Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes at Kibbutz Sedot Yam, a communal agricultural settlement. Palestine, 1941. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #83592/Beit Hannah Szenes See photographs |
Who was this woman? Find out more about the investigation into one woman's life and fate. |