History revision Germany Flashcards
According to the Nazis, how should the men and women behave?
Men should be -
Putting Germany above the interests of their family
Faithful to Germany
Women should be -
Dedicated to her husband, family, children and home
Where women less important then Men in the Nazi regime?
No - shown by Goebbels stating “The Female bird preens herself for her mate and hatches eggs for him.’’ implying how women are told to be pretty and raise the kids of the family, for Hitler’s aryan race - To Hitler this was still as important as a man of the household.
How was Education changed for women?
Girls from 10 joined the Jungmadel (Young Maidens)
From 14 they entered the Bund Deutscher Madel (German Girls’ League)
Taught their role was as a good wife and mother their place was in the home: kinder, kuche, kirche
What were marriage attitudes like for women?
1933 - Hitler introduced ‘Law for the Encouragement of Marriage’ 1000 Marks for married couples - they could keep 250 for each child they had
1933 - Reichs Mother Service to train women. - Teach them ‘duties’ of upbringing and education of their children.
1934 - 10 commandments for choice of spouse which encouraged people
fitting the German Ideal to marry and keep race pur
How were women affected in the workplace by the Nazis?
- Women taken out of labour market
- 1934: women dismissed from the professions
- 1936: women could not be judges or sit on jury
- Expected to be home-makers, wives and mothers
- However employed women grew from 1937(5.7 million employed) to 1939 (7 million employed)
What was the Nazi breeding programme? (Lensenborn)
Mutterkreuz, reward for the number of Children
Banned Contraception and Abortion
Sterilised racially ‘impure’ Untermenschen
1936 had 30% more live births than in 1933
What physical constraints were put on women in the Nazi Regime?
Not allowed to wear mak-up have hair dyed or perms
Only flat shoes, no trousers
No slimming - believed it would upset child-bearing
No smoking as seen as ‘un-German’
Long hair or put in buns or plaits.
What youth Groups were made by the Nazis?
Boys: Girls:
6-10 Pimp fen 10-14 Jung Madel (JM)
(Junior Hitler Youth) (young girls)
10-14 Deutsches Jungvolk. 14 - 18 Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM) (League of German mai
(Young German boys) (League of German maidens)
Hitlerjugend (14-18) 18 - 21 Glaube und Schönheit (Faith and beauty)
(Hitler youth)
Both:
German Labour Force
NSDAP
German Student’s League
How much did the Hitler’s youth popularity increase by?
1933: 100,000 –> 1934: 4 million
Made compulsory in 1936 for boys aged between 14-18
What percentage of boys by 1938 were in the Hitler Youth?
77.2%
What were the three Hitler Youth Laws?
First Hitler’s Youth Law (1936):
Make membership in Hitler Youth mandatory for all eligible German Youths
Second Hitler’s Youth Law (1939):
German Children must join the Hitler youth at age 10 and serve through age 18 years. Penalties given to guardians who didn’t comply. Law gave officials authority to require participation.
Third Hitler’s Youth Law (1941):
Designed to limit exemptions and make punishments for failure to join more severe
How was Education Changed to indoctrinate the Youth?
Curriculum was Nazified:
History Focused on German Military might
Geography focusesd on Lebensraum (German Expansion)
Biology focused on Racial Purity
Science was militarised
Teachers forced to join the Nationalsozialistischer Leherbund to comply with the Nazi curriculum
What were girls taught?
Domestic Skill and Eugenics - educated on how to pick a husband
Where would exceptional boys be taught?
‘Adolf Hitler School’s’ where they took part in physical training and achieved positions in the Wehrmacht, SS or went to University.
The best went to ‘Order Castles’ where they trained in war games with live ammunition to become high ranking officers in the Wehrmacht.
Who led the German Women’s Enterprise (DFW)?
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
This was the only employment opportunities for women within the party were within Nazi women’s organisations.
