Changing German LIves Flashcards
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German Women (Expectations)
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- They believed a woman’s role was to provide children and raise large families.
- Expected to dress plainly and discouraged from wearing makeup and smoking.
- Expected to choose Aryan husbands.
-No being thin - not a good sign of being able to bear children
2
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What was the BDM
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League of German Maidens and it was an organisation for German girls AGED 14-18.
Girls were trained in domestic skills such as cooking and sewing and sometimes took part in physical activities like camping and hiking.
This prepared them for motherhood.
3
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Groups targeted by the Nazi’s
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- Disabled
-Homosexuals
-Romany and Slavs (Racially Inferior)
-Tramps
4
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Why and how did the Nazis oppress Homosexuals
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- weren’t having children so weren’t helping the state.
-They were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
5
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Why and how did the Nazis oppress the mentally and physically disabled?
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- he didn’t want them passing their genes onto their children which would weaken the German people.
They ended up using euthanasia and sterilising them
6
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Why and how did the Nazis oppress Tramps (Beggars)
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- didn’t hold jobs, pay taxes, or contribute to society.
By 1945, 350000 men had been sterilised and 100 of them died as a result.
7
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What did the Nuremberg Laws do?
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- based on the idea that Jews and Germans were biologically different.
-Stopped Jews from being German citizens
-banned marriage between Jews and non-jews as well as sexual relations.
