Germany (Predicted Women)

Question 1

What was the ideal Nazi woman characterized by?

Answer 1

Kinder, Küche, Kirche (Children, Kitchen, Church)

This phrase encapsulated the traditional roles expected of women in Nazi Germany.

Question 2

What were women in Nazi Germany encouraged to do regarding work?

Answer 2

Leave work, marry, and have lots of Aryan children

This was part of the Nazi regime’s promotion of traditional family roles.

Question 3

What was discouraged for women under Nazi ideology?

Answer 3

Makeup, smoking, and modern fashion

The regime aimed to promote a more traditional and modest appearance.

Question 4

What were Marriage Loans in Nazi Germany?

Answer 4

Money given to women who left jobs to marry; parts were cancelled for each child born

This policy incentivized marriage and childbirth.

Question 5

What was the Motherhood Cross?

Answer 5

Awards given for large families

This was a recognition of women who fulfilled the regime’s ideals of motherhood.

Question 6

What was the Lebensborn programme?

Answer 6

Set up to raise birth rates with racially ‘pure’ SS men

This program aimed to increase the Aryan population through selective breeding.

Question 7

What professional jobs were women removed from in Nazi Germany?

Answer 7

Law, medicine, civil service

Women were systematically excluded from many professional roles to reinforce traditional family structures.

Question 8

What change occurred regarding women’s work from 1937 onwards?

Answer 8

Some women were encouraged to work again due to labour shortages

This was a shift in policy as the regime faced economic demands.