Days of Masquerade: Life Stories of Lesbian Women During the Third Reich

Claudia Schoppmann. Columbia University Press, $45 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-231-10220-9

FYI: For more information on the experiences of lesbians during WWII, Columbia Univ. will be releasing a collection of short oral histories titled Days of Masquerade: Life Stories of Lesbian Women During the Third Reich, by Claudia Schoppman, trans. by Allison Brown, in June (cloth $24.50 ISBN 0-231-10220-8).

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