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What was the role of WOMEN in Nazi Germany?

What was the role of WOMEN in Nazi Germany?. GCSE. How do you think Hitler viewed the role of women in Nazi Germany?. GCSE. INTRODUCTION. GCSE. Hitler had very clear, strong views about the role of women in Nazi Germany. Their role was to : Stay at home Support their husbands

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What was the role of WOMEN in Nazi Germany?

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  1. What was the role of WOMEN in Nazi Germany? GCSE

  2. How do you think Hitler viewed the role of women in Nazi Germany? GCSE

  3. INTRODUCTION GCSE • Hitler had very clear, strong views about the role of women in Nazi Germany. • Their role was to : • Stay at home • Support their husbands • Have as many children as possible!!!

  4. The 3 K's GCSE Women in Germany were told to stick to the 3 K’s : K inder (Children) K irche (Church) K uche (Cooking)

  5. How did Nazi ideas affect women? GCSE • WOMEN WERE BARRED FROM SOME JOBS. • Many female teachers, doctors, lawyers were fired when Hitler came to power. 2. WOMEN WERE DISCOURAGED FROM UNIVERSITY. Only 10% of students were women. Nazis felt studying would stop them having a family.

  6. 3. WOMEN WERE BARRED FROM JURY SERVICE! Hitler felt they were ‘too emotional’ to be effective! GCSE • 4. CHILDLESS COUPLES WERE ENCOURAGED TO FIND NEW PARTNERS! • Contraception was banned. • Childless couples were encouraged to DIVORCE or find new partners!

  7. GCSE • 5. A NAZI WAY OF LIFE WAS ENCOURAGED! • Women were banned from smoking (unladylike) • Make up, wearing trousers and dyeing hair and slimming was also discouraged!

  8. 6. LEBENSBORN • This was called ‘Spring of life’ • It was a brothel where unmarried mothers could go to become pregnant by Aryan racially pure SS men! GCSE

  9. Why did Hitler want bigger families? • Hitler encouraged bigger families to: • Make a Greater racially pure Germany • Make a larger army GCSE How did he encourage bigger families? • A MOTHERHOOD MEDAL was given to women with the most children (Gold medal for 8) • Good LOANS (1 years wages) were given to newly married couples. On the birth of 4 children they could keep the money.

  10. Typical 8 Mark Question GCSE 'The lifestyle of women got better under the Nazis' Do you agree? (8 marks)

  11. Nazi policies on women - Good or Bad? GCSE Good Bad

  12. Good GCSE • The Loans were popular and did help to encourage families • The Motherhood medal gave pride to some mothers • Families were encouraged and supported. Many in Germany liked this (eg church) • Many women liked being supported in this role • Men had a greater prospect of a job • Most women were actually against the Nazis to begin with but began to support them – showing the popularity of their policies

  13. Bad GCSE • Many women resented losing their jobs and not being allowed to study • They didn’t like having their freedoms stopped. • Encouraging divorce was not liked by the church. • Many Lebensborn children grew up fatherless • The German population didn’t increase hugely. (Sterilisation) • Women had to be put into jobs due to the war.

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