How the women in nazi concentration camps coped with their periods.

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LarryGreysonsDoor · 22/04/2019 14:12

A very interesting read.

www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/menstruation-and-holocaust

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Melroses · 22/04/2019 17:49

That was interesting. When I was younger, I used to wonder how women managed in adverse circumstances. It is something that is ignored in all tales of adventures and extreme conditions. I found it bad enough getting through school.

MenuPlant · 22/04/2019 17:37

The increasing sharing / writing / publishing of female accounts of events atrocities both past and present are really important and really do show up how most things esp around war are focussed on the mens experience.

Longislandicetee · 22/04/2019 16:18

Thanks for posting this, a really interesting read and not something i had ever thought about before.

MenuPlant · 22/04/2019 15:18

Thanks for posting :)

VortexofBloggery · 22/04/2019 15:12

Thanks Larry for posting. Really interesting article.

acalmerfuture · 22/04/2019 14:52

Thanks for posting this.

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LarryGreysonsDoor · 22/04/2019 14:43

I think the fact that I had never been thought about it is what made me really stop.
History is taught so much from the male perspective that we often don’t even think about the way women coped.

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WaitingInTheBushesOfLove · 22/04/2019 14:41

Damn, it never occurred to me to pause and think about women in those camps and their periods.

Interesting article.

weleasewoderick22 · 22/04/2019 14:25

Hit post too soon!

Really interesting article, thanks for posting.

weleasewoderick22 · 22/04/2019 14:18

I always understood that their periods stopped through lack of food and medical attention. Poor women

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