Between Love and Coercion: Queer Desire, Sexual Barter and the Holocaust

2020/05/28 by Anna Hájková · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #European history and politics #Communism, Protests, Social Movements #German History and Society

paper · doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghaa047

Abstract

Abstract In analysing a forced relationship between two women, a German guard and a Jewish Czech prisoner in a Hamburg concentration camp, this article uses queer Holocaust history to explore sexual barter, sexual violence, victim agency, and the rules of prisoner society. It also makes a plea for a departure from normativity in thinking about the Holocaust and for the inclusion of marginalized voices.

Discussions

• In fact there will be at least two books, I am currently writing a longer monographed exploring sexual violence, sexual barter, and microhistory of two satellite camps of @neuengamme-mem.bsky.social. [bsky, 17 points, 2 comments]

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