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Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide Series Editors Thomas Kühne Clark University, USA Deborah Mayersen University of Wollongong, Australia Tom Lawson Northumbria University, United Kingdom Genocidehasshapedhumanexperiencethroughouthistoryandisoneof thegreatestchallengesofthetwenty-firstcentury.PalgraveStudiesinthe HistoryofGenocideisdedicatedtothestudyofthisphenomenonacross itsentiregeographic,chronologicalandthematicrange.Theseriesactsas aforumtodebateanddiscussthenature,thevariety,andtheconceptsof genocide. In addition to histories of the causes, course, and perpetration of genocide, the series devotes attention to genocide’s victims, its after- maths and consequences, its representation and memorialization, and to genocideprevention.PalgraveStudiesintheHistoryofGenocideencom- passes both comparative work, which considers genocide across time and space,and specific casestudies. More information aboutthisseries at http://www.springer.com/series/14582 RachelCentury Female Administrators of the Third Reich RachelCentury HolocaustMemorialDayTrust London,UnitedKingdom PalgraveStudiesintheHistoryofGenocide ISBN978-1-137-54892-4 ISBN978-1-137-54893-1(eBook) DOI10.1057/978-1-137-54893-1 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017945091 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2017 Theauthor(s)has/haveassertedtheirright(s)tobeidentifiedastheauthor(s)ofthisworkin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsof translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:TheCampus,4CrinanStreet,London,N19XW,United Kingdom This bookis dedicatedfirst andforemost to all the victims of theHolocaustand Nazipersecution, especiallythosewhosenames are longforgotten. Secondly,this bookis dedicatedto the lateProfessor DavidCesarani whoworked tirelesslyto ensurethat theirnameswere not forgotten. A CKNOWLEDGMENTS SinceIwasinspiredbythelate,greatProfessorDavidCesaranitobegina PhD,hewasabeaconofsupportasmysupervisor,alwayskeentohearmy latest archival findings, and offering valuable insights. I could not have askedforabettersupervisorandImisshim,hisadviceandsupportgreatly. Thanks must also go to Professors Jane Caplan and Lisa Pine, my PhD examiners, for their suggestions and advice on turning the thesis into a book. I have visited many archives and libraries in the course of my research. Iwouldliketothankallthearchivistsandlibrarianswhohaveassistedme, both in the UK, including the British Library, the Wiener Library, Senate HouseLibrary,andtheInstituteforHistoricalResearch,andabroad,nota- blytheBundesarchivinbothBerlinandLudwigsburg,theLandesarchivin Berlin, the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, and the Landesarchiv in Hannover. Particular thanks must go to the German Historical Institute, London (GHIL),whosestaffarealwayssowelcomingandfriendly,andtoClaudia Steur at the Topography of Terrors Documentation Centre, Berlin, for providingmewithmoreinformationthanIcouldhavehopedfor. Myresearchwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthemanyorganisa- tions,institutionsandindividualswhoprovidedmewithfinancialsupport. Many thanks to all these: Royal Holloway for awarding me a College Research Scholarship; Bnei Brith Foundation for a two year scholarship; the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service) for providing me with a two month scholarship; GHIL for a one month scholarship; the German History Society for a researchgrant;FriendlyHandforfundingseveralbursariesallowingmeto vii viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS research abroad and attend conferences; and the Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation, Alan Brill, and the Lewin Lowenstein Trust. I would also like to thank everyone at Palgrave Macmillan who has worked on the book, particularly Emily Russell, who patiently answered mymanyquestions,andtheserieseditors,TomLawson(whoencouraged metosubmitaproposalinthefirstplace),ThomasKühne,andDeborah Mayersen. Iamgratefultomyfamily,especiallymysisterNaomi,andfriendswho have been a valuable support network, provided me with great assistance andencouragement,andwhohaveenduredmyabsencesasIhavedevoted increasingamountsoftimetomyresearch.Iwouldliketothankthemall for their understanding and support. Above all, I would like to thank my husband Dan, who has proof-read every word countless times, and our boysZack andToby, whohaven’t proof-readanything. C ONTENTS 1 Introduction 1 PartI Hitler’sHelferinnen 2 Womenin Servicefor the Fatherland 17 3 WomenatWork 51 PartII Sex, LiesandStenography 4 Typing forthe Third Reich 83 5 Secretaries,Secrets andGenocide 115 6 MakeLove andWar 131 PartIII Chaos,Confusionand Consequences 7 TheEnd ofthe War 159 ix x CONTENTS 8 Condemnedtothe Consequences 175 9 Conclusion 205 Glossaryof GermanTerms andOrganisations 227 SS Ranks 231 BibliographyandSources 233 Index 265
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