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Abstract: »This article mines contemporaneous and postwar testimonies of sexual and sexualized violence against Jewish women in the Kaunas ghetto. It seeks to typologize the forms of that violence and document its impact on the women who survived it. At the same time, through a close reading of sources, this study explores the methodological challenges of researching the plight of women in the ghetto. It draws particular attention to the obstacles posed by indirect and indeterminate language, the longstanding taboo around sexual violence, and the gendered dynamics inherent to wartime record-keeping. This bifocal analysis underlines the need to critically integrate women’s voices into the history of everyday life in German-occupied Lithuania.« (Source: Central and Eastern European Online Library)

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Translation: Goldberg, Simon. »“The Women are saying”: Sexual Violence in the Kaunas Ghetto.« 80 Years after the Destruction of the Kaunas Ghetto - What Do We Remember, What Have We Learnt?. Kaunas 2025: 213-227. - Bibliographic Entry: Info

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of Germany / Nazi Germany | History of Europe: History of Lithuania / German occupation of Lithuania during World War II | Ghetto: Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany / Kovno Ghetto | Genocide: The Holocaust / Sexual violence during the Holocaust | Sex and the law: Sexual violence