Women In Germany 1918-39 Flashcards
1
Q
What were some Nazi ideals on women?
A
- She doesn’t wear make-up
- Should be blonde, heavy hipped and athletic
- Wear flat shoes and full skirt
- Doesn’t smoke
- Shouldn’t work
- No interest in politics
- Wear hair in a bun or plaits - no styling
2
Q
What law gave couples a loan to encourage marriage?
A
The 1933 Law for encouragement of Marriage (As long as the wife left her job)
3
Q
How many couples took the loan?
A
Around 800,000
4
Q
What was the programme that the Nazis created to make women make more children, and what happened?
A
The Lebensborn programme - unmarried women could ‘donate a baby to the Fuhrer’ by becoming pregnant by ‘racially pure’ SS men.
5
Q
What did the 1933 sterilisation law do?
A
It sterilised around 320,000 women that had mental deficiencies
