Double jeopardy : gender and the Holocaust / Judith Tydor Baumel.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.

Introduction : where were the women? -- Gender and family studies of the Holocaust : a historiographical overview -- Women's Holocaust literature -- Social interaction among Jewish women in crisis during the Holocaust : a case study -- Rochka and the two Rivkas : the leadership of the Zehnnerschaft in Plaszow -- The 93 Beth Jacob Girls of Cracow : history or typology? / (with J.J. Schacter) -- The Jewish heroine during the Holocaust -- The heroism of Hannah Senesz : an exercise in creating collective national memory in the State of Israel -- The parachutists' mission from a gender perspective -- Rachel laments her children : representation of women in Israeli Holocaust memorials -- DPs, mothers, and pioneers : women in the She'erit Hapletah -- Teaching the Holocaust through The diary of Anne Frank.