This Horrible Uncertainty
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Through her diary and other personal effects, Vera Conrad story contextualizes women's roles and a story of personal pain shared by millions of German women who grappled with accommodating the political expectations and norms of Nazi society.
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Erika Quinn is a Professor Emerita of History at Eureka College. Her publications include Franz Liszt: A Story of Central European Subjectivity (Brill, 2014), and Animals, Machines, and AI: On Human and Non-Human Emotions in Modern German Cultural History (De Gruyter, 2021) (co-edited with Holly Yanacek), as well as numerous contributions regarding grief, diaries, literature, and women in wartime. She is currently pursuing a Clinical License in Social Work with a focus on historic and intergenerational trauma.
Content
List of Figures and Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1. Women's Diaries and War: Form, Purpose, and Emotions
Chapter 2. "We Loved Each Other So Much" (1939-1943): Building a Life Together
Chapter 3. "We would be so happy if we could celebrate Christmas with your father": War comes to the Conrads
Part II
Chapter 4. "From now on this book will not be just for our kids, but rather first of all for you, dearest!": Becoming a Waiting Wife
Chapter 5. "Despite the war conditions everything at the farm keeps going": Stepping into New Responsibilities, 1944-1945
Part III
Chapter 6. "We were spared by a miracle," May 1944-January 1945: Bombing disrupts rural life
Chapter 7. "Sweetheart, I Don't Want to Fall into Their Hands," January 1945-June 1946: Defeat and Division
Chapter 8. Looking for Joachim, July 1945- May 1948: Waiting Wife
Conclusion: Afterlives
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