Women in Nazi Germany - Flashcards

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A revision flash card deck for the topic of women in Nazi Germany.
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What were the aims of Nazi Policies towards Aryan women? Hitler had very clear ideas about the woman's role in the Nazi state - she was the centre of family life, a housewife and mother.....
What do the Three K's stand for? Kinder - Children Kueche - Kitchen Kirche - Church
How were women more liberated in Weimar Germany? Women had equal rights to men. Women could vote. Many women worked for a living.
What was the Nazi's idea of an ideal woman? A woman who would... - look after children and husband - not wear make-up, wear trousers, or smoke - be Aryan - be fit and healthy - have lots of children
How were women enouraged to have larger families? The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage gave newly wed couples a loan of 1,000 marks, and allowed them to keep 250 marks for each child they had. Mothers who had more than eight children were given a gold medal. Unmarried women could volunteer to have a baby for an Aryan member of the SS.
How did the Nazis aim to control childbirth amonsgt 'non aryan' women? Almost 100,000 women forcibly sterilised under the law for the prevention of diseased offspring.
How did Rearmament affect Nazi Policies? Women were needed in the workplace, particularly on farms and in factories. War work became compulsory for adult women in 1942.
How successful was the aim of stopping Aryan women of working? Fairly successful, numbers of working women fell dramatically. BUT when war broke out this process was reversed....
How successful was the aim of encouraging Aryan women to have more children? Not very successful. Birth rates incresed slightly but did not match the 1920's boom.
How successful was the Nazi's racial policy regarding Non-Aryan women? Very successful. Women were either sterelised so they couldn't have children or them and their children were killed.
Did the Nazis feel their treatment of women was 'unfair'? NO - HItler said all along that woman were 'seperate but equal'. It was all about roles in society
How did the Nazis implement the idea that women should remain at home? Increase expectation - Women were expected to stay at home and look after the family. Laws - Women doctors, teachers and civil servants were forced to give up their careers
Family by Wolf Willrich: How does this re-inforce Nazi values re the role of women? There is a large family - four children She wears a plain, peasant dress. She has her hair in a bun; she is not wearing make-up. The mother is not skinny. The family lives in a rural/farming environment The younger daughter is playing with a doll - preparation for motherhood. The elder sister has plaited hair (acceptable fashions), and gazes longingly at the baby (longing for motherhood). The family have fair hair, athletic bodies and ruddy complexions - they are the ideal Aryans.
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