Life in Nazi Germany 1933-39 Flashcards
what did nazis think of women?
they should be child bearers and not go out
what was the nazi slogan for women?
kinder, kirche, kuche (children, church and cooking)
what were women not allowed to do?
wear makeup, dye hair, get perms and discouraged from slimming
what were girls taught?
to marry proper germans and keep a decent home
what happened women in high jobs?
they were sacked
what was the lebensborn project?
set up by Himmler in 1935 to encourage single women to breed with SS men
what was duty year?
women could work patriotically in factories to help the nazi economic miracle
what was the 12th August?
every year the motherhood cross would be awarded to women who had given birth to the largest amount of children (8=gold 6=silver and 4=bronze)
what was the first book a child was taught in kindergarten?
primer
what was on the front cover of primer?
truest no fox on the green heath trust no jew on his oath
what were children taught in biology?
about the Aryan race
what would teachers enter the classroom doing?
nazi salute saying heil hitler
what happened to all textbooks?
they were re written by the nazis
what happened to Jewish teachers?
they were dismissed
when was the hitler youth made compulsory?
1936
what was banned in 1933?
all non-nazi youth groups
how did the membership of the hitler youth increase from 1936 to 1939?
1936=5.4 million members
1939=7 million members
what did girls join?
the german league of maidens
what did girls learn to do in the german league of maidens?
physical fitness, how to keep a good home and raise children
what were boys taught?
marching, grenade throwing, trench digging, map reading
what was the reich labour service? (RAD)
provided young men with manual labour jobs
what was compulsory from 1935?
men aged 18-25 had to serve in the RAD for 6 months
by 1939 how many marks had been spent on rearmament?
26 billion
what was rearmament?
more money was spent on manufacturing weapons and other heavy industry grew
what did autobahns do?
improved efficiency of german industry by allowing goods to cross the country more quickly and enabled swift transportation of german troops
how many marks were spent on job creation schemes in 1933?
18.4 billion
what was invisible employment?
people dismissed by the nazis as subhuman were not counted as unemployed so employment rates appeared to be high
what was strength through joy?
ideas to try and reward workers by providing them with leisure activities for working hard
what was the Volkswagen scheme/swindle?
encouraged people to save up by putting money away every week to buy a Volkswagen - no one ever got one
what was the beauty of labour?
tried to improve working conditions by adding canteens, toilets and improving lighting in workplaces but employers had to install it themselves with their own money
what did the 1933 law of sterilisation state?
allowed all of those with disabilities to be sterilised as they were a burden to the community
what happened to homosexuals?
they were taken to concentration camps
what happened to gypsies?
they were banned from marrying germans because they threatened racial purity
what were the 1935 Nuremberg laws?
reich citizenship law stated only those of german blood could be german citizens meaning jews lost citizenship and right to vote
law for the protection of german blood and honour forbade marriages between germans and jews
what was kristallnacht?
Goebbels ordered attacks on Jewish property, shops, homes and synagogues
when was kristallnacht?
8th November 1938
what were jews banned from in 1934?
public spaces
what happened on the 31st April 1939?
jews were forced into ghettos
how many jews had left germany by the summer o 1939?
250,000
