KT4 Life in Nazi Germany

• What was a desirable woman under the Nazi regime?

  • Married with children
  • Natural looking, Aryan
  • Hair neat and tied back
  • Traditional modest dress
  • Homemaker
  • Not working
• What was an undesirable woman under the Nazi regime?

  • Single
  • Wore make-up, non-Aryan
  • Immodest modern dress
  • Lived with parents or friends
  • Employed
• What were the three Ks?

  Kinder, Kuche, Kirche or Children, Kitchen, Church
• When did the Birth rate in Germany fall?

  1930 - 1933
• How many more births were there than deaths in 1936?

  480000
• When was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage?

  1933
• What was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage?

  A law which paid a wife up to 1000 marks as a loan if she stopped working, with 25 % of the loan being written off for each child she had
• What jobs were women discouraged from having?

  Teacher, doctor, civil servant
• When was the Sterilisation Law?


  1933
• What was the Sterilisation Law?


  A law which banned non-Jewish women from having abortions but allowed Jewish women to have abortions
• How many German women had given up work thanks to Nazi encouragement in 1934?

  360000
• What did Women's clubs and organisations merge into in 1934?

  The German Women's Enterprise
• Who led the German Women's Enterpirse?

  Gertrude Scholtz-Klink
• What happened to group which refused to merge with the German Women's Enterprise?

  They were banned
• How many women became members of the German Women's Enterprise in 1934?

  6 million
• What was the Lebensborn programme?

  A programme which encouraged racial purity by allowing single women to have children by SS men which would be supported by the state
• When was the Lebensborn programme introduced?

  1935
• When were women banned from being lawyers or serving in juries?

  1936
• How much did the number of women attending university drop by in 1937?

  Two thirds
• What was taught in schools to train Nazi women?

  Ideal womanhood
• Why were women encouraged to back into the workplace in 1937?

  There was a shortage of workers
• How were women brought back into the workplace in 1937?

  They had a 'duty year' where they would work in factories for 'patriotic' reasons
• When was the 1933 loan scheme for wives withdrawn?

  1937
• When was the Mother's Cross medal introduced?

  1938
• What were the different levels and requirements of the Mother's Cross?

  • Bronze = 4 - 5 children
  • Silver = 6 - 7 children
  • Gold = 8 + children
• How old did you have to be to join the Hitler Youth?

  14
• What did the Hitler Youth do?

  • Promoted loyalty to the Nazi party
  • Trained future army leaders
  • Taught military skills like using weapons and map reading
  • Organised camping trips and sporting activities to promote the Nazi ideal of being fit and healthy
  • Made members swear an oath to report anyone who was disloyal including parents
• What was the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth?

  The League of German Maidens
• How many members did the Hitler Youth have in 1932?

  55000
• How many members did the Hitler Youth have in 1933?

  568000
• When was the law passed making all young people belong to a youth organisation?

  1936
• How many members did Nazi youth groups have in 1932?

  107000
• How many members did Nazi youth groups have in 1939?

  7.3 million
• What age range was allowed in the League of German Maidens?

  14 - 18
• What happened in the League of German Maidens?

  • Nazi indoctrination
  • Camping
  • Rallies
  • Household skills were taught like cooking, ironing and sewing
  • Lectures were given on subjects like 'Racial Hygiene for Marriage'
• When was education centralised to the Nazi government?

  1934
• What did teachers have to join after the centralisation of education?

  Nazi Teachers' League
• What proportion of teachers joined the Nazi Teachers' League?

  97 %
• What did the Nazi Teachers' League do?

  • Set ideals for teachers
  • Ran courses about teaching in Nazi-approved ways
• What were children encouraged to do at school?

  Report teachers who did not conform