Life For Women And The Family Flashcards
What was the primary goal of Nazi policies regarding women and family?
To ensure that as many racially pure children as possible were born in Nazi Germany.
What were women encouraged to do starting in 1923 under Nazi policies?
Give up their jobs, get married, and have large families.
What happened to women in teaching and civil service jobs after 1933?
They were forced out of their jobs.
What was the name of the magazine published by the Nazi Women’s League?
Frauen Warte.
What does the phrase ‘Kinder, Küche, Kirche’ represent in Nazi ideology?
Children, cooking, and the church as the most important elements in women’s lives.
What was Hitler’s view on women’s intellect?
He argued that a woman’s intellect was of no importance to the Nazi state.
What were women discouraged from doing to promote childbirth?
Dieting and smoking.
What financial incentive was offered to women who married and left work?
A loan was provided under the Law to Reduce Unemployment.
What benefit did mothers of many children receive in Nazi Germany?
The right to go to the front of queues.
What was the Motherhood/Honour Cross?
A medal awarded to women with many children, with bronze for 4, silver for 6, and gold for 8.
What did the 1935 Marriage Law require for couples to marry?
Evidence of racial purity and health.
What was the fate of women deemed unfit mothers under Nazi policies?
They were sterilised.
True or False: Abortion laws were strictly enforced under the Nazis.
True.
What were Lebensborn homes designed for?
Breeding centres for the production of racially pure Aryan children.
What was the impact of Nazi policies on women’s rights in Germany?
A huge setback for women’s rights.
What did the Nazi regime’s idea of ‘equivalence’ mean?
Assigning men and women different but equally valuable roles in society.
What happened to women’s employment as the drive for rearmament increased?
Women were needed to work in factories.
What was the effect of the marriage certificate requirements on marriage rates?
It may have discouraged some women from marrying.
Fill in the blank: The Nazis aimed to increase birth rates among _______.
[racially pure Aryan women].
What was the membership count of the National Socialist Women’s League in 1938?
2 million members.
What happened to women in less skilled jobs under Nazi policies?
They kept their jobs due to lack of replacement workers.
What was the result of the Nazi policies on birth rates in the 1930s?
Birth rates did not reach the targets set.
What was the negative impact of the process of obtaining the Certificate of Marriage on the marriage rate?
The lengthy process & difficulties may have actually discouraged some people from marrying. When the rules were relaxed in 1938, the marring rate rose again
What was a ‘Duty Year’?
As a result of the growing skills shortage in 1937, women were required to do a ‘duty year’ in a factory and when the war started they were needed for the war effort.
Why did the numbers of women in employment increase in the late 1930s?
Drive for rearmament and autarky under Göring’s 4 Year Plan.
