Nazi 1.4 Flashcards
What was the nazi view of women?
Nazis adopted the slogan, kinder , kuche, kirche, they wanted women to cook and clean and produce good Nazis for Germany
Why rewards and concessions were given to encourage people?
- Couples were given marriage loans if they were fit and racially acceptable
- Help with school fees and transport fares were given to families but after an interview the unsuitable were eliminated
- Suitable poor families were given up to RM100 for each child
What was the Lebensborn programme 1936
- it was run by a branch of SS
- Its aim was to produce healthy aryan children
Selected men of the SS were encouraged to mate with as many different racially pure young women as possible. These children were then adopted by fit Germans who had trouble conceiving
What was the impact of nazi policies on women?
large numbers of women lost their jobs, All women who had professional jobs were exchanged for lesser ones
what rewards were given to encourage motherhood?
Wives and mothers had higher levels of health care and status than before, Mothers of soldiers who died were given more support and honored on occasions, Mothers day made a national holiday by Nazis, Nazi orgs monitored mothers to make sure they kept to these standards
What was the impact of WW2 on women ?
- Work for women was encouraged even if they were married
- More child care was provided
- Women going into work was far less than in WW1
Why was women employment significantly low in the Nazi period?
3 reasons:
- Nazi propaganda promoted housewives and motherhood
- Govt didn’t use women for all kinds of war work. They were usually replaced for male teachers
- Germans used foreign labor from conquered lands so women didn’t have to work
What opportunities were women given during the war?
- From oct 1940- women could join the armed forces in auxiliary services
- They did clerical work to free up men to fight
- By 1941, there were not enough women in the auxiliary services so Nazis introed compulsory military service for women 18-32
- due to shortage of men, women were trained to operate anti aircraft guns
What emphasis did Nazis put on education policies?
Huge emphasis, they were they were the future of Nazism- they were a valuable resource to be educated into good Nazis, primary schooos abolished, fee paying schools remaied for pure germans, Students had to join nazi student unions
How did the Nazis control the teachers?
The nazis set up a national socialist teachers league in April 1929, undesirable teachers were purged in april 1933, there were Training courses for Nazi specific Ed
What was in the curriculum?
the most important role for schools was teaching loyalty to Hitler and Germany, racial purity and physical fitness, sports filled up 15% of curriculum, booklets and subjects focused on aryanism, racial purity and eugenics and motherhood for girls
What was the hitler youth movement?
It was separate for boys and girls.
- Boys joined the ‘little folk’ aged 6, ‘youngsters’ at 10, then the Hitler youth at 17-20
- Girls joined the ‘little girl’ at 10, then ‘faith and beauty’ at 17 -20
- they were encouraged to report anything anyone said against Nazism
What kind of culture was censored?
Jewish authors were see as unsound, Art, music and theatre was censored, Anything that encouraged individualism or discouraged conformity was unsound
mags , newspapers and radio were censored
- 10 may 1933- Nazis organised book burnings
What culture was promoted?
Nationalist, approachable and realistic art was acceptable
Goebbels set up the RKK to control all arts which conveyed the right message
what were the different types of cultural things they promoted?
There were strength through joy trips to the theater, opera art galleries and museums, Art conveyed Nazi propaganda, Sports was encouraged to produce a healthy nation, Festivals and holidays were rearranged around important Nazi dates, Large public buildings were hung with Nazis swastika flags
