August 2, 2007

A 22 essay book about the experience of women during the Holocaust was released by Jagiellonian University Press in July 2007. It is the third in a series called The Legacy of the Holocaust and is co-edited by Arnold Krammer, professor history at Texas A&M University.

The current volume is one of the first works to seriously consider the role of gender in the Holocaust. It examines every aspect of gender and mass murder, from the experiences of women in the camps, to female SS guards, memory and literature.

“By every account Women and the Holocaust is a striking contribution to the history of the Holocaust as well as to gender studies, based on contributions by survivors, historians, and experts from around the world,” Krammer said.

The earlier volumes are Children and the Holocaust (2003), The Holocaust Through National Perspectives (2005) and now Women and the Holocaust (2007). The next volume, which Krammer will also co-edit, is called The Holocaust: Before and After (projected for 2009).

Each volume of The Legacy of the Holocaust contains the proceedings of the International Holocaust Conference, held in Krakow, Poland, and on the site of the former death camp, Auschwitz. The conference is co-sponsored by Texas A&M University; Northern Iowa University, Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Krammer, who earned his doctorate in German history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, joined the Texas A&M history department in 1974. He specializes in modern Europe, modern Germany, Third Reich, and the Holocaust. He has directed study abroad trips to Italy, Normandy, Germany and Poland. Krammer has published more than nine books and contributed more than 11 chapters to other books.

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