The Role of the Concentration Camps in the Nazi Repression of Prostitutes, 1933-9
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10074598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria Harris (0000-0002-3345-2826, King's College, Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 675-698 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009410366705 |
| PMID | 20845577 |
| OpenAlex | W2042874299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article uses prostitutes as a case study in order to investigate the role of the early concentration camps as centres of detention for social deviants. In contrasting the intensification of repressive policies towards prostitutes against narratives which demonstrate the unexpectedly lax treatment of these women, it explores what the reasons behind these contradictions might have been, and what this demonstrates about the development of these institutions. It asks the following questions. How and why were prostitutes interned? Which bureaucrats were responsible for incarcerating these women and what did they view the role of the camp to be? Were such policies centrally directed or the product of local decision-making? Through asking these questions, the article explores to what extent these camps were unique as mechanisms for the repression and marginalization of prostitutes
Art · Criminology · Narrative · Nazi concentration camps · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |