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Women in Nazi Germany

Women in Nazi Germany. GCSE. "Take hold of kettle, broom and pan, Then you’ll surely get a man! Shop and office leave alone, Your true life work lies at home.".

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Women in Nazi Germany

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  1. Women in Nazi Germany GCSE

  2. "Take hold of kettle, broom and pan,Then you’ll surely get a man!Shop and office leave alone, Your true life work lies at home."

  3. "The mission of women is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world. This is not at all as.........unmodern as it sounds. The female bird pretties herself for her mate and hatches eggs for him. In exchange, the male takes care of gathering food, and stands guard and wards off the enemy." Joseph Goebbels, writing in 1929.

  4. One Role – Child Bearer and Devoted Supporter of Husband!!

  5. Gertrud Scholtz-Klink

  6. Kinder, Küche, Kirche • The Nazis had clear ideas of what they wanted from women • church • children • cooking

  7. Nazis believed that women couldn’t make rational or logical decisions!!!!

  8. Law for the encouragement of marriage Loan to families that didn’t have to be repaid if they had at least 4 children

  9. Honour Cross of the German Mother August 12th

  10. No Contraception Sterilization of disabled and Jewish women Constant Propaganda

  11. Women were supposed to emulate traditional German peasant fashions • No make up • Plain clothes • No alcohol • No smoking • Hair in plaits • Traditional Values

  12. Study the painting by Wolf Willrich and identify five ways in which this family illustrates the perfect Nazi ideal

  13. The family has four children, and the mother has just had a baby. • The mother is caring for the baby. • She wears a plain dress. • She has her hair in a bun; she is not wearing make-up. • The mother is not skinny. • The family lives in a rural/farming environment. • The boy wears his Hitler Youth uniform and is making something out of the clay. • The younger sister plays with a doll - preparation for motherhood. • The elder sister has plaited hair (acceptable fashions), and gazes longingly at the baby (longing for motherhood). • The family have fair hair, athletic bodies and ruddy complexions - they are the ideal Aryans.

  14. How successful were Nazi policies aimed towards women? • Although the Nazi’s were successful in increasing the birth rate… • There were more women working in employment than in 1939 than in 1933 • Many of the other Nazi policies undermined their idea of Aryan family life

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