Nazi policies women

• What was the primary role of women according to Nazi ideology?

  To be a mother and homemaker
• What does the slogan "Kinder, Küche, Kirche" mean?

  "Children, Kitchen, Church"
• How did the Nazis encourage women to have more children?

  By introducing the Mothers' Cross award
• What were the criteria for receiving the Mothers' Cross award?

  Bronze for four children, silver for six, and gold for eight or more
• What was the purpose of The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage introduced in 1933?

  To provide loans to women who married and left their jobs
• How much was the loan provided under The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage?

  1,000 marks
• What happened to the loan if a mother gave birth to four children?

  She did not have to pay the loan back
• What was the Lebensborn program?

  A program encouraging "racially pure" women to bear children for the state
• What was the aim of the Lebensborn program?

  To increase the Aryan population and promote racial purity
• How did the role of women change as World War II progressed?

  Women were recruited to work in factories and other sectors
• What was the impact of Nazi policies on women's employment by the start of World War II?

  About 2.4 million women returned to work
• What was the Nazi stance on abortion for Aryan women?

  Abortion was heavily restricted and criminalized
• How did the birth rate change from 1933 to 1939?

  The number of births increased from about 1 million to over 1.5 million
• What was the exception to the abortion restrictions under Nazi policies?

  Abortion was allowed for women deemed "unfit" to reproduce
• What was the impact of the war on the birth rate post-war?

  The birth rate declined due to loss of life and destruction of families
• How many members did the German Women's Enterprise (DFW) have by 1939?

  6 million members
• How many couples took out loans to get married and start families within the first four years of Nazi policies?

  Around 700,000 couples
• What was the outcome of the Lebensborn program in terms of children born?

  Only 7,000 children were born through the program
• What was the perception of many women towards the policies imposed upon them?

  Many women disliked the policies and found women's groups meaningless
• How many women were eligible for Mother's Cross medals in 1939?

  Three million women
• What was the consequence for doctors performing illegal abortions under Nazi policies?

  They received the death sentence
• What were the successes and failures of Nazi policies towards women?

  Successes:

  • DFW had 6 million members by 1939
  • 1.7 million women attended courses
  • 700,000 couples took out loans to marry

  
  

  Failures:

  • Only 7,000 children born through Lebensborn
  • Low number of mothers with more than two children
  • Many women disliked imposed policies
  • 360,000 women left jobs by 1934
  • 2.4 million women returned to work at the start of WWII