Women in Nazi Germany Flashcards
What did Hitler say about women’s lives in a 1934 speech?
‘The world of a woman is a smaller one. For her world is her husband, her family, her children and her house.’
What were women’s lives like in the 1920s before the Nazis took over Germany?
They had many rights and freedoms that women in other countries did not have.
Give an example of women having more freedom then women in other countries during the 1920s:
Women in Germany had the right to vote and if they worked for the government, their pay was equal to men.
What did many women attend and become in the 1920s before the Nazis took control?
Many women attended university and became lawyers and doctors.
What were Nazis worried about during the Weimar period?
The declining number of births in Germany.
What caused a decline in the number of births in Weimar Germany?
Career-driven women having fewer children.
How many births had there been in 1900 compared to 1933?
In 1900 there had been over 2 million births per year, but this had dropped to under 1 million by 1933.
What did the Nazis feel about a lower birth rate and lower population?
That it didn’t fit with their plans to expand Germany’s territory and settle Germans in other areas of Europe.
Hitler said women should stick to the three what?
The three Ks - Kinder, Kirche and Kuche (children, church and cooking)
What did Nazis feel a women’s patriotic duty was?
To stay at home, have lots of children and support their husbands.
What happened to many women within months of Hitler coming to power?
Many female doctors, teachers, lawyers and judges were sacked.
What was discouraged for women?
Getting a job, as it might get in the way of producing children.
Why were women banned from jury service?
Because the Nazis said they were unable to think without emotion.
What were women banned from doing and why?
Smoking because it was ‘unladylike’.
What 2 items of clothing were discouraged for being ‘unladylike’?
-Trousers
-High heels
