Sexuality And German Fascism [Paperback]

The interrelationship of fascism and sexuality has attracted a great deal of interest for some time now. This collection offers fresh perspectives by leading scholars on the history of sexuality under national socialism on such topics as the persecution of Jewish-gentile sex in the race defilement trials, homophobic propaganda and the prosecution of same-sex activity within the Wehrmacht and SS, representations of female sexuality in film, prostitution on home and battle fronts, sexual relations between Germans and foreign forced laborers, and reproductive practices among Jewish survivors. Moreover, the authors provide new insights into the relationships between Nazi sexual politics and antisemitism and challenge assumptions of Nazism as sexually repressive; instead they emphasize the interrelationships between incitement to sexual activity and persecution and mass murder.

Chapter 1.Hubris and Hypocrisy, Incitement and Disavowal: Sexuality and German Fascism
Dagmar Herzog

Chapter 2.Sexuality and Nazism: The Doubly Unspeakable?
Elizabeth D. Heineman

Chapter 3.Backlash against Prostitutes' Rights: Origins and Dynamics of Nazi Prostitution Policies
Julie Roos

Chapter 4.Homophobic Propaganda and the Denunciation of Same-Sex-Desiring Men under National Socialism
Stefan Micheler

Chapter 5.Telling Sexual Stories in the Nazi Courts of Law: Race Defilemtn in Gerany, 1993 to 1945
Patricia Szobar

Chapter 6.Fascism and the Female Form: Performance Art in the Third Reich
Terri J. Gordon

Chapter 7.Forbidden Company: Romantic Relationships between Germans and Foreigners, 1939 to 1945
Birthe Kundrus

Chapter 8.Sex with a Purpose: Prostitution, Veneral Disease, and Militarized Masculinity in the Third lS'