Even today, the public image of National Socialism is shaped by the cult of the Führer and by masculinity. In doing so, it overlooks how women worked to build and sustain the Nazi system, for example in preparing the Nazi takeover in Austria in 1938.
From 28 April 2026, the hdgö is showing the estate of Tyrolean woman Paula Lang (1906–1991), which came to the museum as a donation. The presentation in the foyer display case uses documents and objects from her estate to illustrate how she engaged in political activity for National Socialism between 1933 and 1938, and which contradictory gender roles shaped Nazi rule.
The entire estate can also be explored digitally in the hdgö's Sammlung Online.