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The death sentences handed down for women who contravened the German order in Occupied France represent a minority gendered phenomenon, but nonetheless reflect an important social and political reality. The gendered differences that characterize this situation can be explained by the specificities of women’s engagement against the occupying power, the German strategy of preserving relations with the occupied populations, and the persistence of gender norms. The relative clemency shown to women was, however, selective. When they radically transgressed their traditional assignments or when the specter of the Judeo-Bolshevik enemy loomed too near, they were not spared by German military judges.