Episode 8- Women War Criminals in Nazi Germany- Vanity, Mass Murder, and Scientific Torture

As Germany recovers from its staggering defeat in World War I, Adolf Hitler and his radical ideologies bewitch many Germans, including young women who eagerly join the ranks of the League of German Girls and the Nazi party. Many of these seemingly innocent young women would go on to commit some of the most horrific acts within the Nazi concentration camps, yet it is something history has seemed to forget. Join Lyndsie and Lauryn as they take you through the recent history of war crimes, the lives of six Nazi women and their prosecutions, or lack thereof, and the societal views of women as war criminals in Episode 8 of A Place In The Courtroom.

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