The Hardcore Women of World War II Knew How to Take Care of Business

The Hardcore Women of World War II Knew How to Take Care of Business

Khalid Elhassan - October 19, 2020

The Hardcore Women of World War II Knew How to Take Care of Business
Stella Kubler on trial. Spiegel

1. Few Women of WWII Were as Venal as Stella Kubler, Who Was Responsible for the Murder of Hundreds or Thousands

During her career as a Jew Catcher, Stella was responsible for the arrest and subsequent murder of hundreds of Jews. The total number of her victims ranged from at least 600 to possibly as high as 3000. They included many of her personal friends, former schoolmates and their families, and even some of her own relatives.

The Hardcore Women of World War II Knew How to Take Care of Business
Stella Kubler. Free Republic

After the war, she got off light. Captured by the Soviets, she was sentenced to only 10 years imprisonment. After her release, she moved to West Berlin, where she was tried again and sentenced to 10 years, but served none of them. She then converted to Christianity and became a lifelong antisemite until her death in 1994, when she committed suicide by jumping out the window of her Berlin apartment.

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Where Did We Find This Stuff? Some Sources and Further Reading

Basu, Shrabani – Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan (2006)

BBC – Spy Princess and Lady Death: Eight Women of WW2

Daily Mail, August 29th, 2015 – The Hotpants Hotshot: Formidable Derring-do of the Nazi Hunting, Gun-Toting Pin Up Teen of the French Resistance

Foot, Michael Richard Daniell – SOE in France: A Comprehensive Look at the SOE in France During WW2 (2004)

Mighty History -The Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

Imperial War Museum – Odette Sansom, GC

History – Meet the Night Witches, the Daring Female Pilots Who Bombed Nazis by Night

History Collection – Women of Peace and Those Sided the Wrong of World War II

Loftis, Larry – Code Name Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy (2019)

National WWII Museum – Bea Arthur, US Marine

Tovar, Diana, UC Santa Barbara – Stella: the Story of Stella Goldschlag

Vice, May 11th, 2016 – This 90 Year Old Lady Seduced and Killed Nazis as a Teenager

History Collection – 30 Vintage Photos That Will Change Your Perception of Women Factory Workers in WWII

Washington Post, September 8th, 2014 – Meet the Muslims Who Sacrificed Themselves to Save Jews and Fight the Nazis in World War II

Wikipedia – Night Witches

Wikipedia – Noor Inayat Khan

World War II Database – Roza Shanina

Wyden, Peter – Stella: One Woman’s True Tale of Evil, Betrayal, and Survival in Hitler’s Germany (1993)

History Collection – Women In The First World War

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