Women in Nazi Germany Flashcards
Which law did Hitler pass in 1933, and what did it mean?
It was the ‘Law for the Encouragement of Marriage’ and it loaned a couple 1000 marks when they got married. For every child they had, up to four, ,they got to keep 250 marks
What law was nearly passed in 1934?
It was a law that said that all women up to the age of 25 who did not already have 4 children had to produce 4 by means of a racially pure Aryan man, and it didn’t matter if he was already married to someone else
What did the Nazis think women were good for?
Kinder, Kirche und Kuche
What was frowned upon for women (3 things)?
- Wearing make-up and trousers 2. Dyeing or perming hair 3. Slimming
On what date was the woman with the most children given the motherhood cross to?
August 12th (Hitler’s mother’s birthday)
What was Lebensborn, Spring of life, and when was it set up?
Homes for unmarried mothers, and brothels were unmarried women could go and get pregnant with a racially pure child, it was set up in 1935
When was Mothers Day made an official holiday?
May 1934
Women could a diploma as Master…?
Housewife
Due to contraception being illegal for Aryan women, how many women performed their own abortions from 1936 to 1937?
600,000
How many documents were needed to marry and SS man?
Up to 186
By 1939, what percentage of the German workforce was women?
37% (12.5 million women)
The mean marriage rate was how much lower in 1933-39 compared to 1932-33?
20%
The birth rate increased from what in 1933 to what in 1939?
15 per 1000 in 1933 to 20 per 1000 in 1939
The average number per family when down from what in 1933 to what in 1939?
3.6 in 1933 to 3.3 in 1939
How many children had been born in Lenbensborn homes by 1944?
11,000
