Caught between dialogue and diktat – The International Midwives Union 1933–1945
In 1919 the International Midwives Union (IMU) was founded in Belgium. For two decades it was dominated by Professor Frans Daels from Belgium (1881-1974), a gynaecologist from Gent. Its main assembly was the bi-annual international congress, e.g. 1934 in London and 1936 in Berlin. In Berlin, the co...
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In 1919 the International Midwives Union (IMU) was founded in Belgium. For two decades it was dominated by Professor Frans Daels from Belgium (1881-1974), a gynaecologist from Gent. Its main assembly was the bi-annual international congress, e.g. 1934 in London and 1936 in Berlin. In Berlin, the congress passed a resolution by which the chairing congress president would automatically become the IMU’s president for the following two years. Thus, Nanna Conti (1881-1951), the chairwoman of the German Midwives Association, became the first president of the IMU. After the congress in Paris in 1938 Clémence Mosse (d. 1949) became the next president. However, during the Second World War Mosse was unable to influence the IMU significantly. In 1942 Conti succeeded Daels as secretary general of the IMU and moved IMU headquarters to Berlin. At least from 1942-1945 the IMU was led by a Nazi functionary. This paper shows how the IMU reacted to the sometimes benevolent, sometimes dictatorial leadership of Nanna Conti and the spreading of Nazi propaganda among the European midwives. The situation between Czech and German midwives serves as a case example. The paper is based on the author’s biography of Nanna Conti.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c65ca0b92d34fcf8db1d0c6617283d62025-01-24T18:28:11ZcesUniversity of PardubiceTheatrum Historiae1802-25022571-06212020-11-0125Caught between dialogue and diktat – The International Midwives Union 1933–1945Anja Katharina Peters0Evangelische Hochschule Dresden In 1919 the International Midwives Union (IMU) was founded in Belgium. For two decades it was dominated by Professor Frans Daels from Belgium (1881-1974), a gynaecologist from Gent. Its main assembly was the bi-annual international congress, e.g. 1934 in London and 1936 in Berlin. In Berlin, the congress passed a resolution by which the chairing congress president would automatically become the IMU’s president for the following two years. Thus, Nanna Conti (1881-1951), the chairwoman of the German Midwives Association, became the first president of the IMU. After the congress in Paris in 1938 Clémence Mosse (d. 1949) became the next president. However, during the Second World War Mosse was unable to influence the IMU significantly. In 1942 Conti succeeded Daels as secretary general of the IMU and moved IMU headquarters to Berlin. At least from 1942-1945 the IMU was led by a Nazi functionary. This paper shows how the IMU reacted to the sometimes benevolent, sometimes dictatorial leadership of Nanna Conti and the spreading of Nazi propaganda among the European midwives. The situation between Czech and German midwives serves as a case example. The paper is based on the author’s biography of Nanna Conti. https://theatrum.upce.cz/index.php/theatrum/article/view/1893history of midwiferynational-socialismwomen’s historySudetenlandCzechoslovakia |
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| title | Caught between dialogue and diktat – The International Midwives Union 1933–1945 |
| title_full | Caught between dialogue and diktat – The International Midwives Union 1933–1945 |
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| title_short | Caught between dialogue and diktat – The International Midwives Union 1933–1945 |
| title_sort | caught between dialogue and diktat the international midwives union 1933 1945 |
| topic | history of midwifery national-socialism women’s history Sudetenland Czechoslovakia |
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