Surviving Hitler's war
Subtitle: family life in Germany, 1939-48
By: Hester Vaizey
Series: Genders and sexualities in history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780230251489; 9780230251496
Subjects: Social life and customs; Man-woman relationships; Families; Parent and child; Interpersonal relations; Sex role; National socialism; Social conditions; History
Description: Telling the stories of mothers, fathers and children in their own words, Vaizey recreates the experience of family life in Nazi Germany. From last letters of doomed soldiers at Stalingrad to diaries kept by women trying to keep their families alive in cities under attack, the book vividly describes family life under the most extreme conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family life under national socialism; title: Staying in touch; title: Staying in love; title: Empowerment or endurance?; title: Parents and children.