Die Belagerung der Mutterschaft
The Siege of Motherhood

Summary/Abstract: The perspective of mothers and motherhood during the Holocaust presents an important aspect of the tragedy of the Jewish individual and the community. It relates to the history of the family during the Holocaust, to issues of gender and the cultural role of women, wives, and mothers in Jewish societies. The article studies the concept of Motherhood in Jewish tradition and modernity and its complexity during holocaust; it considers mothers of different classes in the ghettos, the difficulties of separation and rescue before and after war start, and the disability of mothers to care for their children under starvation and want.

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