Changing Role Of Women: Marriage And Family Flashcards
What were the Nazis rather worried about ?
The decline in birth rate
1900- 2 million births per year
1933- dropped to under 1 million
Did the Nazi concerns over childbirth change ?
Somewhat as by 1939 there were 1.4 million births
Who could have abortions in Germany ?
Non Jewish people could not have abortions
Jewish people could
What did the Nazis do to promote large families ?
A massive propaganda campaign to promote motherhood and large families
What happened on Hitlers Mothers birthday ?
Medals were awarded to women with large families, 12 August every year
How did the Nazis try to economically support larger German families ?
Those on low income had allowances made available to them
How did the Nazis introduce laws to encourage larger families ?
1933 Law for the encouragement of Marriage
- aimed to increase Germanys birth rate
- giving loans to help young couples marry, provided the wife left her job
- couples were allowed to keep a quarter of the loan for each child born up to four
How did the Nazis change laws to encourage larger families ?
Changed the divorce law in 1938
A divorce was possible if a husband or wife could not have children
This contributed to an increase in the divorce rates by 1939
What did the Nazis set up for women to encourage Aryan babies ?
Set up the Fount of life or Lebensborn
Programme where specially chosen unmarried women could donate a baby to the führer by becoming pregnant with racially pure SS men
What did the Nazis set up by way of Organisation to help women ?
The German Women’s enterprise organized classes and radio talks on household topics and skills for motherhood
How did the Nazis stop women from receiving an education ?
Reduced the total enrollment for women into university to 10%
How did the Nazis stop any births that they didn’t want from happening ?
1933
The sterilization law resulted in 320,000 being sterilized due to ‘mental deficiency’
What law did the Nazis pass to stress the importance of racial purity of women when marrying ?
The Marriage Health Law of 1935
