Women in Nazi Germany

• What was Hitlers view on the role of women

  Being at the centre of family life, as housewives and mothers
• What did Hitler want women to provide for Germany

  Lots of children, and wanted high birth rates
• What were women forced to give up

  Their jobs as doctors and teachers
• What did the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage include

  Gave newlywed couples a loan of 1,000 marks and were allowed to keep 250 marks for every child they had
• What were women expected to copy

  Traditional German peasant dress
• What was still happening even though Germany were losing the war

  Women were still not expected to take part in fighting