4.1 Nazi policies towards women Flashcards
What were the three ‘k’
What did Hitler aim to doby focusing on the youth?
creat a 1,000 year reich
What was Goebbels mission for women?
The mission of women is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world.
What were Nazi’s policy towards Marriage and family?
Hitler wanted a high birth rate so that the Aryan population would grow. He tried to achieve this by:
- Law for the Encouragement of Marriage which gave newlywed couples a loan of 1,000 marks, and allowed them to keep 250 marks for each child they had
-giving an award called the Mother’s Cross to women who had large numbers of children. If you ahd over 10 c childer Hitler would be the 10th God father
-allowing women to volunteer to have a baby for an Aryan member of the SS -> breeding programs
Hoe did the Nazi’s keep women out of the work force?
-the introduction of the Law for the Reduction of Unemployment, which gave women financial incentives to stay at home
-not conscripting women to help in the war effort until 1943 were women were used a munition workers
How much and in what period did Female employment grow?
1933-39
2.4million
As female labour was cheap
What were women mean to look like?
-emulate traditional German peasant fashions - plain peasant costumes, hair in plaits or buns and flat shoes.
-They were not expected to wear make-up or trousers, dye their hair or smoke in public.
-They were discouraged from staying** slim,** because it was thought that thin women had trouble giving birth.
What age could you join the Hitler Youth the girls’ wing of which was called the League of German Maidens?
10
Whaen was Hitler you and German maiden mebership made manditory?
1936
What were some kay features of the Hitler Youth?
-Its aim was to prepare German boys to be future soldiers
-Boys wore military-style uniforms
-Activities centred on physical exercise and rifle practice, as well as political indoctrination
What were some key featurs in The League of German Maidens?
-Its aim was to prepare German girls for future motherhood
-Girls wore a uniform of blue skirt, white blouse and and heavy marching shoes
-Girls undertook physical exercise, but activities mainly centred on developing domestic skills such as sewing and cooking
What did teacher need to join what did it do?
Nazi Teachers’ Association, which vetted them for political and racial suitability.
How History was altered to reflect Nazi ideology and priorities?
- lessons included a course on the rise of the Nazi Party.
- Only German History
-Specific WW1 narrative
How was Biology altered to reflect Nazi ideology and priorities?
lessons were used to teach Nazi racial theories of evolution in
eugenics
How was Race study and ideology altered to reflect Nazi ideology and priorities?
this became a new subject, dealing with the
Aryan
ideas and anti-Semitism.
