Social Policies - Women Flashcards
(12 cards)
What did Hitler believe about the family structure?
It should be a traditional one: Men to be in charge and go to work; women to stay at home and nurture the family
How did Hitler want to use families?
- To increase the population size
- To ensure the population was pure Aryan
Hitler thought women’s lives should revolve around the three ‘Ks’. What were they?
Kinder, Kuche, Kirche
Children, Kitchen, Church
What was a woman’s primary responsibility?
To have children
Why did Hitler want women to stay at home?
1) so they could focus on having more Aryan children
2) he needed their jobs for unemployed men
How did the Nazis encourage marriage?
- Marriage loans of 1000 marks for women who left work and marry an Aryan man
- They were allowed to keep 250 marks for each child they had
How did the Nazis reward women for having children?
With the Motherhood Cross
bronze - 5 children
silver - 6 children
gold - 8 children
What were women discouraged and restricted from?
Birth control discouraged and abortion restricted
What were women encouraged to do regarding their lifestyle?
An active healthy life and no smoking or drinking
How were women expected to dress?
In a simple, modest style: plain clothes, flat shoes, their hair in a bun.
There were not allowed make-up, to wear trousers or short skirts.
Where women allowed to be members of the Reichstag?
No
What was the German Woman’s League?
Set up in 1933 to coordinate all women’s groups under Nazi control - by 1939 it had 6 million members
