Life For Women Amd The Family In Nazi Germany Flashcards
Nazi aims for women to become
House wives
Mothers
Nazis main reason for women to become house wives and mothers
The Aryan race was superior and would rule the world. So more Aryan women needed to do this. (Higher Aryan birth rate)
How did Nazis achieve their aims for women
Use of law
Use of incentives
Use of sterilisation and imprisonment
How did Nazis use the law in 1933 to achieve their aims for women
In 1933 working women were sacked or or ‘encouraged’ to leave. After 1933, they could not be appointed to civil service positions.
What happened in 1936
Women were forbidden to become a judge. Most women’s associations closed down voluntarily and some women’s leaders were are arrested or assassinated.
The Nazis set up the …………. In 1936 and what did it do
They set up the Nazi women’s league in 1936 which took no part in politics.
What was the women’s twice weekly magazine called and what was it’s purpose
“Frauen Warte” which had the circulation of almost 2 million people. It encouraged its members to be good housekeepers. Those are ways Nazis maintained women’s practise of not working in jobs.
How did the law to reduce unemployment encourage the birth rate of aryans
This law offered a 600 mark marriage on loan to employed women who married and left work. The debt was reduced by a quarter for every child, so couples had children specifically to ‘baby off the loan’
How did welfare grants encourage the birth rates of aryans
After 1935, families were given welfare allowances. At first there was a single grant for families with 6 children. In 1936 it was replaced by regular payments for the 5th child onwards, from 1938 the 3rd child onwards. This grant was paid for by increased taxes on the childless.
How did the honour cross encourage the birth rate of Aryan
It was given to women to benefit from lower taxation levels and increased state benefits. This was celebrated on hitlers mums birthday and they go their welfare grants.
Bronze: for four children
Silver: for 6 children
Gold: for 8.
How did lebensborn encourage the birth rate of aryans
SS members were expected to have 4 children. After 1935, unmarried mothers were encouraged to go in lebensborn homes were SS men could impregnate women
What did the Nazis change about contraception and abortion to encourage the birth rate of aryans
Contraception and abortion became much harder to get. Childless couples were encouraged to divorce so that women could have the chance of becoming pregnant with someone else. In 1938 divorces to end childless marriages became easier to obtain.
How did the Nazi women’s league encourage the birth rate of aryans
It was founded in October 1931. Led by Gertrud Scholtz-Kline. It promoted motherhood and other Nazi messages. Held cookery and child care classes
How should women’s hair be presented
In a plaits or buns
What were women not expected to wear
Makeup, trousers, high heels
What was discouraged for women
Slimming as it could harm women’s ability to bear children.
Smoking as it was ‘ungerman ’
Why was smoking discouraged for women
It was “ungerman”
How did the law for hereditarily diseased offspring strengthen the Aryan race
It strengthened the Nazi volksgemeinschaft and Aryan race as it didn’t allow women with any signs of hereditary diseases to get pregnant which would then produce a diseased baby which wasn’t what the Nazis wanted
Any women who failed to get the certificate and neglected their children and if your house was a mess were sent to
Concentration camps
Did the Nazi policies succeed in increasing the number of marriages and births?
Evidence suggests it failed. Thought the numbers increased slowly through the 1930s
Did Nazis succeed in removing Aryan women from their jobs
It failed as they were sacked but then had to return to réarment and autarky factories to get the economy ready for war
What happened in 1937
Nazis required women to do a “duty year” in a factory to help with the war effort
