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Love and sex in the Nazi era

2021-12-01T15:12:09.220Z


CRITICAL - Elissa Mailänder's work shows that the Nazi regime relied on the private sphere in order to consolidate its totalitarian hold.


On the rallying to Nazism, a lot of work has seen the light of day.

Showing how a country ended up blindly following its Führer.

On the other hand, few analyzes on the links between the intimate and the Reich have been dug.

The sum of Elissa Mailänder, professor at Sciences Po Paris and deputy director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Studies and Research on Germany (Ciera) fills a void.

Gender, sexuality, family or even love in all its forms (imaginary, enthusiastic, epistolary…) become the mirror of a society in the grip of domination before thinking of exporting its model.

Sexual violence

Is Aryan sex synonymous with "good times"?

Elissa Mailänder immersed herself in several private correspondence, in particular those of four young Austrians.

It emerges that

"Nazism was able to win the support and commitment of young women (...) through professional prospects, the promotion of many hobbies and the offer of sexual freedom.

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Source: lefigaro

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