The culmination of an extensive research on the roles and participation of Nazi women in the genocide, the author explains the many factors that brought women to positions of relative power as it tries to make sense of the  violent acts they committed.

 Each chapter explains the involvement of women from different socio-economical sectors. So, we learn about how nurses often assisted on asylums designated to purge the population; or, about the immense extrajudicial power held by the secretaries of Nazi officials.  Alongside the hard-facts, the lives of women who held these positions are traced from their youth days, though the war, its resolution and everything that came after. 

 The writing is easy to follow, it is not technical nor completely academic; all the research is backed up with its proper citation. Lastly, you don't need to have an extensive knowledge on WII as every moment is contextualized adequately.