Aftereffects of National Socialism: Women who Loved Women in the German Southwest

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Interdisciplinary research project rediscovers lesbian life worlds in the period from 1945 to the 1980s

What aftereffects did National Socialism have on women attracted to women after 1945? This is the focus of an interdisciplinary research project being carried out by academics from the universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg. With the aid of lesbian biographies, they want to explore whether and to what extent the aftermath of Nazi dictatorship is to be seen as a radical change for lesbian life worlds. This involves devoting themselves to the urgent task of securing contemporary testimonies from lesbian women in southwest Germany. They are intended to span the immediate post-war period to the early 1980s. ...
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