Nazi Germany 1933-39: Role of Women 1933-39 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Summarise Nazi policy on women
- Idolised, children as a key focus
- Propaganda campaign
- Female sport encouraged for fertility
- Mothers’ Cross (4, 6, 8)
- Not expected to work
- 15% teachers and civil servants sacked
- KKK
What was education like for women?
- Age 10 = Jungmadel
- Age 14 = German League of Maidens (Bund Deutscher)
- KKK enforced in education
What was the Nazi policy on marriage for women?
- 1933 Law for Encouragement of Marriage
- 1934 Ten Commandments for Choice of Spouse
What was the Law for Encouragement of Marriage?
Newlyweds gained 1000 Mark loan
What was 10 Commandments for Choice of Spouse?
Encouraged Aryan women to marry well and keep purity
Summarise employment for women
- Taken out of labour market
- Dismissed from professions 1934
When were women dismissed from professions?
1934
What physical constraints were placed on women?
- No make up, dye or perms
- Flat shoes to be worn
- No slimming allowed
- No smoking
- Hair in buns or plaits
What was the breeding programme?
- Women seen to have biological purpose
- Mothers’ Cross incentive
- Encouraged unmarried women to have children (Lebensborns)
- Contraception and abortion banned