Women in Auschwitz

Book Chapter

Bożena Karwowska, Wanda Witek-Malicka, “Women in Auschwitz.” Auschwitz: History, Place and People. An Academic Guide to the Camp Complex. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2021, p. 93-108.

 

Educational Resources

Discussion Prompts

  • Consider the different groups of women in Auschwitz. Who were their members and what were their respective roles?
  • Aside from not being considered as part of the SS, how did the role of SS Aufseherinnen differ from their male counterparts in Auschwitz? What were the attitudes of the SS men towards them?

Bibliography

Birenbaum, Halina. Hope Is the Last to Die: A Personal Documentation of Nazi Terror. Edited by Teresa Świebocka and Georg Mayer. Translated by David Welsh. Oświȩcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2014.

Kubica, Helena. Pregnant Women and Children Born in Auschwitz. Voices of Memory 5. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2010.

Strzelecka, Irena. Women in Auschwitz. Voices of Memory 12. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2016.

Szmaglewska, Seweryna. Smoke over Birkenau. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2008.