What History Teaches: Women’s Loss of Rights During the Third Reich
About the Event
In this recording of “What History Teaches: Women’s Loss of Rights During the Third Reich,” you will learn:
- How women struggled in particular during the rise of the Nazi Regime
- How Jewish women, Black women, and women who opposed the Nazi Regime were stripped of their rights
- How so-called Aryan women were able to negotiate roles for themselves and become a part of Nazi processes of perpetration
The recording culminates in a thought-provoking Q&A that gives viewers the chance to reflect on what they have learned.
About the Speakers
Deborah Barton
Deborah Barton is an Associate Professor of modern European history at the Université de Montréal. Her research interests centre on gender, media and fascism. Her book Writing and Rewriting the Reich. Women Journalists in the Nazi and Post-War Press, 1933-1955 was shortlisted for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies 2023 Book Prize.