 | Resilience and Courage: Women, Men, and the Holocaust Subjects: Jewish women in the Holocaust; Holocaust Jewish (1939–1945) -- Personal narratives; Holocaust Jewish (1939–1945) -- Psychological aspects; World War 1939–1945 -- Jewish resistance; Holocaust survivors -- Interviews; In this, Nechama Tec's fifth book on the Holocaust, vivid individual stories blend effortlessly with detailed comparisons of wartime experiences of women and men. The result is a captivating account of how the coping strategies and the ultimate fate of each sex differed. Tec, as always, listens to the voices of the oppressed, voices that originated in wartime diaries, postwar memoirs, archival materials, and her own interviews with survivors and rescuers. Concentrating on life under extreme conditions, Tec's research uncovers the previously overlooked significance of mutual cooperation and compassion that operated across gender lines. |
