This chapter explores how gendered relationships, interfamilial dynamics, and religious communities were challenged by the Holocaust. Violently uprooted from their homes, both men and women were forced to endure the misery and degradation of the ghettos. Unsurprisingly there was a breakdown of marriages, and an increase in illegitimate births, premarital sex, and even infanticide.
Despite ofβor because ofβthis both men and women struggled against all odds to perform their gendered roles. Women desperately tried to feed their families in the face of dwindling provisions and men yearnedβwith increasing futilityβto protect them. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases.
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