Mothers in the Fatherland by Claudia Koonz

From the collapse of the Kaiser’s regime to the destruction of Hitler in his bunker, Germany has been studied, explicated, and psychoanalyzed time and again. Yet there have been few detailed investigations into the historical and cultural roles played by German women in modern times. This important book, which “Kirkus” called “original and intriguing,” corrects this imbalance.