Women and employment

• What concept did Nazi propaganda revive that dates back to the Kaiser’s time?


  The concept of the ‘three Ks’
• What does the phrase ‘Kinder, Kuche, Kirche’ translate to in English?


  Children, kitchen, and church
• Which professions were women banned from under Nazi policies?


  Teaching, medicine, and the civil service
• How many women had left the banned professions by the end of 1934?


  360,000 women
• What changes occurred for women in the legal profession starting in 1936?


  Women could become judges or lawyers
• What happened to grammar schools for girls in 1937?


  Grammar schools were closed to girls
• How did the number of girls attending university change from 1932 to 1939?


  It fell from 17,000 to 6,000