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Podcast: New Books in German Studies
Episode: Beverley Chalmers, "Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule" (Grosvenor House, 2015)
Description: Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule (Grosvenor House, 2015) is a fascinating and gripping examination of birth, sex and abuse during the Nazi era. Dr Chalmers’ unique lens on the Holocaust provides a stunning and controversial exposé of the voices of both Jewish and non-Jewish women living under Nazi rule. Based on twelve years of study, the book takes an inter-disciplinary view incorporating women’s history, Holocaust studies, social sciences and medicine, in a unique, cutting-edge examination of what women themselves said, thought and did.Dr Chalmers (DSc(Med);PhD) has dedicated her life to studyi...