Revisiting Morale under the Bombs: The Gender of Affect in Darmstadt, 1942–1945
| Title | Revisiting Morale under the Bombs: The Gender of Affect in Darmstadt, 1942–1945 |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Schreiter, Katrin |
| Journal | Central European History |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 347 - 374 |
| Date Published | 09/2017 |
| Abstract | This article examines the gendered experience of bombing in Darmstadt, a small town near Frankfurt am Main. It is based on largely unexamined home-front narratives from 1945, namely, transcribed United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) interviews with Germans who had recently lived through a period of intense air warfare. The experience with deadly force, as well as the gendered and generational preparation with which individuals encountered and made sense of it, shaped morale and social reorganization in a hopeless war. |
| URL | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/central-european-history/article/abs/revisiting-morale-under-the-bombs-the-gender-of-affect-in-darmstadt-19421945/B88065078C18624D762B9BA21E4EBAB2 |
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