Women and Children 1933-39 Flashcards
What did teachers have to do? What organisation did they join?
They had to swear allegiance to Hitler as their Fuhrer. Teachers joined the Nazi Teachers League.
What book became a standard text?
Mein Kampf, children read Nazi textbooks with anti-Semitic and Weimar views.
What was the focus for boys in school?
15% of time was spent on physical education. The rest was spent on military training in order to prepare men for war.
What was the focus for girls?
Girls also spent 15% of time doing PE in order to become physically strong to bear children. They learned domestic tasks separately to men, such as cookery and needlework, in order to become good mothers.
What was Race Studies?
In Race Studies, children learned about how to identify races and were taught how to measure the skulls of Jews. They were told not to marry inferior races.
What was Deutches Jungvolk?
German Young People - this was for boys between 10 and 14. These boys did athletics and camping.
What was Hitler Youth? What activities were there?
Hitler Jugund was for boys 14-18. They did military activities, as well as using maps and doing hiking, learning about how to march in the army!
What was the Young Girls League?
Jungmadelbund - this was for girls between 10 and 14.
What was the League of German Maidens?
This was the Bund Deutscher Madel - girls between 14 and 18 came here and had focus on domestic skills.
By what year was joining these youth groups compulsory?
1936.
All other youth groups were…
Banned.
By 1939 membership hit over…
Seven million
What did children who disagreed with Hitler Youth do?
They formed their own movements. Boys and girls would hang around together in gangs and beat up members of Hitler Youth.
Who were the Edelweisse Pirates? What did they do? What did they wear?
The Edelweisse Pirates opposed the Nazi regime. They listened to forbidden Swing music and work check shirts black shorts, and white socks. They drew anti-Nazi graffiti and had the edelweisse, crossbones, as their logo.
How many rebels were there by 1939?
2000
What was the political situation for women in the 20’s?
They could vote at 20 and one tenth of women at the Reichstag were women.
What was the economic situation for women in the 20s?
100000 women worked in teaching, 3000 as doctors, and in the civil service women had equal pay as men.
What was the social situation for women in the 20s?
They would go out un-escorted and would drink and smoke. They wore their hair short, were slim, and would wear short dresses with makeup.
What was the Nazi idea of a perfect woman?
A woman who had blonde hair, no makeup, and heavy-set hips. She would wear full skirts and flat shoes and focus on domestic tasks. She would know nothing of politics. No smoking.
Why was the birth rate a problem for the Nazis?
By 1933 the birth rate had reached one million - it had halved.
What was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage? (1933)
If women married and left their jobs, they would receive one quarter of a loan for each child they had, up to four children.
What was given out on Hitler’s mother’s birthday? (August 12th)
Medals to women with large families, gold for 8 children!
What law was changed in 1938?
The divorce law. Women who could not have children could now divorce their husbands.
What was the Life Springs programme?
Lebensborn - women could make children with racially pure SS men and donate these to the Fuhrer.
