ABSTRACT
A persistent question in the historiography of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and in women's history is why so many women would be drawn to a movement that from its earliest years had clearly stood for male domination of the party and for male control of society. The primary data consist of the personal accounts of the experiences of twenty-seven women in the Kampfzeit, the time of struggle for the NSDAP between its refounding in early 1925 and the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Germany's chancellor on 30 January 1933. In addition, some information about seven other Nazi women has been collected, so that a total of thirty-four women's experiences form the evidence. The evidence about Nazi women which have provided is for the most part typical of the sort derived for large groups where statistical data are the only kind available.
