Resilience and Courage - Women, Men, and the Holocaust (Hardcover)

An insight into the different experiences of Jewish women and men during the Holocaust. This is Nechama Tec's fifth book on the Holocaust, and it features individual stories blended with detailed comparisons of the wartime experiences of women and men. The result is an account of how the coping strategies and the ultimate fate of each sex differed. Tec listens to the voices of the oppressed, voices that originated in wartime diaries, postwar memoirs, archival materials, and her own interviews with survivors and rescuers. Concentrating on life under extreme conditions, Tec's research uncovers the significance of mutual co-operation and compassion that operated across gender lines.