Life for Women Flashcards

Unit 4 of the Nazi Germany section

1
Q

Why were women viewed as important by the Nazis?

A

They would produce the future generations of the Master Race.

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2
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Give four attributes of the Master Race.

A

Strong, blond, white-skinned and noble

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3
Q

In which job sectors were women forced out of their jobs?

A

Professions like medicine, law, teaching and the civil service

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4
Q

How many female teachers were fired?

A

100,000

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5
Q

How many female doctors were fired?

A

3000

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6
Q

When were women no longer able to be appointed to the civil service?

A

1933

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7
Q

When were women no longer able to be appointed as judges?

A

1936

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8
Q

Which women kept their jobs, and why?

A

Women in unskilled jobs, as there was no one to replace them

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9
Q

What organisation did the Nazis set up to replace women’s organisations?

A

The Nazi Women’s League

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10
Q

What was the name of the women’s magazine published by the Nazis?

A

Frauen Warte

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11
Q

What were the three Ks (in German and English)?

A

Kinder, Küche, Kirche - children, cooking and church

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12
Q

How did the Nazis affect women’s lifestyle?

A

Women were discouraged from dieting, smoking and wearing make-up. They encouraged traditional peasant styles of fashion, flat shoes and hair in plaits or buns.

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13
Q

When was the Law to Reduce Unemployment introduced and what did it do?

A

1933 - it offered a loan to employed women who married and left work.

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14
Q

What did the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage do?

A

It gave a loan to newly married couples, the debt of which was reduced for every Aryan child born

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15
Q

When was the Motherhood Cross awarded?

A

12 August, Hitler’s mother’s birthday

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16
Q

Which types of awards were awarded for which amounts of children?

A

Bronze for 4, silver for 6, gold for 8

17
Q

What did the women who were awarded the Motherhood Cross benefit from?

A

Lower taxation and increased state benefits

18
Q

When was the Marriage Law passed?

19
Q

What did the Marriage Law do?

A

It demanded evidence of racial purity and health before a Certificate of Suitability for Marriage could be issued and a marriage could go ahead.

20
Q

Give five examples of conditions under which a Certificate of Marriage would be denied.

A

Infertility, having had premarital sex, depression, physical deformity, epilepsy

21
Q

Which law set out the conditions under which a Certificate of Marriage would be denied, and when was it passed?

A

Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring, 1933

22
Q

Around what fraction of women failed to get the certificate?

23
Q

What was likely to happen to women who were deemed unfit mothers or likely to produce unhealthy children?

A

They were sterilised

24
Q

How many women had been deemed unfit for motherhood and dealt with accordingly by 1939?

25
What happened to the conviction rate for crimes associated with abortion?
It rose by 50% between 1934 and 1938
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What does Lebensborn mean?
The Spring of Life
27
When were the Lebensborn homes established?
1935
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How many children were SS members expected to have at Lebensborn?
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