Women

Question 1

What did the role of women revolve around?

Answer 1

Kinder (children)
Kirche (church)
Kuche (kitchen)

Question 2

What were women expected to dress like?

Answer 2

They wore simple, traditional clothing and no high heels or make-up.

Question 3

How were women supposed to be physically?

Answer 3

They were supposed to be strong and healthy to help with child bearing- being slim was seen as bad

Question 4

How did the Nazi achieve their ideas of the role of women?

Answer 4

1. 1933: women were forced form their jobs as doctors, lawyers and teachers and employers were told to favour men.
2. They encouraged women to have large families and awarded the Motherhood Cross
3. Used propaganda (films, leaflets and newspapers) to persuade omen to follow their ideals
4. Local wardens reported women who were not following the Nazi rule
5. Organisations were set up by the Nazis (Nazi Women’s League). They used propaganda to persuade women to embrace the Three Ks

Question 5

Where the Nazi policies successful?

Answer 5

1. The birth rate in Germany increased between 1933 and 1939
2. In the early 1930s, the number of employed women fell
3. Around 6 million women joined Nazi women’s organisations
   HOWEVER,
4. Number of female workers increased between 1933 and 1939 not want not give up their jobs
5. Employers hire more women because their wages were lower than men’s wages
6. Most married Germans still only had an average of two children per family