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Wilhelm Hoegner was an early and influential opponent of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP–a very early opponent, having been involved in the investigation of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.  He maintained his strong opposition as a member of the Reichstag from 1930-1933; after the elections and after Hitler consolidated his power in 1933, Hoegner’s position became “untenable” in Germany and he left for Austria, and by 1934 he was situated as a journalist in Switzerland.  He played a prominent role in German postwar politics, and died in 1980. 

Hoegner wrote Die Frau im Dritten Reich  in 1931 as a warning to all about the totalitarian possibilities of the Nazis, and in particular of the tyranny against women–the result is pretty much evident on the very striking cover of his pamphlet.