Changing Role Of Women: Marriage And Family Flashcards

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What were the Nazis rather worried about ?

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The decline in birth rate
1900- 2 million births per year
1933- dropped to under 1 million

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Did the Nazi concerns over childbirth change ?

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Somewhat as by 1939 there were 1.4 million births

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Who could have abortions in Germany ?

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Non Jewish people could not have abortions
Jewish people could

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What did the Nazis do to promote large families ?

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A massive propaganda campaign to promote motherhood and large families

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What happened on Hitlers Mothers birthday ?

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Medals were awarded to women with large families, 12 August every year

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How did the Nazis try to economically support larger German families ?

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Those on low income had allowances made available to them

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How did the Nazis introduce laws to encourage larger families ?

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1933 Law for the encouragement of Marriage
- aimed to increase Germanys birth rate
- giving loans to help young couples marry, provided the wife left her job
- couples were allowed to keep a quarter of the loan for each child born up to four

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How did the Nazis change laws to encourage larger families ?

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Changed the divorce law in 1938
A divorce was possible if a husband or wife could not have children
This contributed to an increase in the divorce rates by 1939

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What did the Nazis set up for women to encourage Aryan babies ?

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Set up the Fount of life or Lebensborn
Programme where specially chosen unmarried women could donate a baby to the führer by becoming pregnant with racially pure SS men

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What did the Nazis set up by way of Organisation to help women ?

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The German Women’s enterprise organized classes and radio talks on household topics and skills for motherhood

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How did the Nazis stop women from receiving an education ?

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Reduced the total enrollment for women into university to 10%

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How did the Nazis stop any births that they didn’t want from happening ?

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1933
The sterilization law resulted in 320,000 being sterilized due to ‘mental deficiency’

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What law did the Nazis pass to stress the importance of racial purity of women when marrying ?

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The Marriage Health Law of 1935

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