3) Nazi Society 5: The Nazi View Of Women

Question 0

What did the nazis emphasise?

Answer 0

The difference between men and women, and they believed nature had created each for different purposes

Question 1

What kind of views did the nazis have about women?

Answer 1

Old fashioned views

Question 2

What did nazis believe men should be the ones to do?

Answer 2

The ones who should earn a living to support their families and should be responsible for decision making and protecting the family

Question 3

What did nazis believe a women’s role in life should be?

Answer 3

To bear many children and ensure the domestic comfort of their families for example cooking and cleaning

Question 4

What did nazis believe women should not be involved in?

Answer 4

Politics

Question 5

What did nazis believe it was wrong for a women to do?

Answer 5

Enter paid employment

Question 6

Why did nazis direct a lot of propaganda towards women?

Answer 6

To encourage them to live the lives the nazis approved of

Question 7

Which propaganda slogan did the nazis often use?

Answer 7

‘Kinder, Kirche, Kueche’

Question 8

What did Hitler feel was key to building the Volksgemeinschaft?

Answer 8

The role of the woman as a mother

Question 9

As a member of the master race what did the nazis believe should be one of any Aryan woman’s top priorities?

Answer 9

To have as many children as possible to ensure the master race got bigger and more powerful

Question 10

In the idea of the Volksgemeinschaft, what was seen as one of the most valuable contributions to society?

Answer 10

The role of women as mothers

Question 11

What were women the ones to secure?

Answer 11

The pure race

Question 12

What were the two fears that Nazi policy towards women was based upon?

Answer 12

1. They believed the German population was growing too slowly as the birth rate had fallen from 2 million to 1 million births a year
2. Nazis were afraid their master race was becoming impure because of intermarriage with inferior groups like jews and those with disabilities

Question 13

What did the nazis make it their policy to do?

Answer 13

1. Encourage more births

2. Prevent the weakening of the master race

Question 14

Name two things the nazis did to encourage more births.

Answer 14

1. They gave generous marriage loans of 600 marks and after each child was born, 25% of the loan would be scrapped so after the 4th child, they wouldn’t have to pay anything
2. Special awards called the Honour Cross were given in annual ceremonies and mothers with 8 or more children were given the gold medal.

Question 15

What experiment did the Nazis begin in 1936?

Answer 15

They began a breeding experiment called Lebensborn where healthy Aryan women were encouraged to visit the Lebensborn centres to meet with SS soldiers in an attempt to encourage more births of Aryan children

Question 16

To prevent the weakening of the master race, what programme did nazis begin in 1933?

Answer 16

A programme of compulsory sterilisation for anyone suffering blindness, deafness or any physical disability, which restricted them from having children.

Question 17

To prevent the weakening of the master race what law was passed in 1935?

Answer 17

The Law for The Protection of German Blood and German Honour (Nuremberg Laws) which banned relationships between Aryans and Jews

Question 18

Who was banned from what in 1935?

Answer 18

People suffering any infections or hereditary diseases were banned from marrying

Question 19

How successful were Nazi policies towards women on the surface?

Answer 19

On the surface they appear to be successful

Question 20

What is the reality of the Nazis policies towards women?

Answer 20

1. Many historians say the birth rate would have increased anyway because the economy was doing well and was still only 1.5 million births per year
2. Despite initially driving women out of work, they were forced to abandon this policy
3. Women in work rose to 12+1/2 million by 1939 because of the second world war