Germany 1890-1945 (5)
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- Created on: 07-11-19 18:12
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- Germany 1890-1945 (5)
- The Nazis and women
- They wanted women to be mothers and housewives
- Kinder, Kirche, Küche
- Aims to increase population and keep traditional family values
- Encouraged to have many children
- Rewards (£££, medals, privileges) depending on number of children
- Loans given to young couples if woman does not work. Not paid back if they had 4 kids
- The Honour Cross of the German Mother awarded to large families
- Contraception and abortion were hard to access and women too old to have children were encouraged to let husband have kids with other women
- Rewards (£££, medals, privileges) depending on number of children
- Lebensborn programme let ** father a baby
- Birth rate increased by 50% 1933 - 1939
- Encouraged to stop working and sacked from government-controlled jobs
- In 1937 they changed their mind as they needed workers
- In WWII 3mil women were conscripted but only 1mil obeyed
- In 1937 they changed their mind as they needed workers
- Not allowed to wear make-up or smoke
- Nazi attempt to reverse changes from Golden Years
- They wanted women to be mothers and housewives
- Nazis and the economy
- Hitler believed economical problems were because of reliance on foreign goods so tried to make Germany self-sufficient
- New Plan restricted imports but increased debts
- Encouraged use of local produce
- Promised to reduce unemployment which happened - 6mil in 1932 to 0.4mil in 1949
- Only happened due to sacking women and Jews, use of RAD to force young people to volunteer
- Re-armament employed millions of men in army or factories
- Living conditions improved in the 1930s due to the global economy's recovery
- Trade unions banned 1933, Beauty of Labour scheme kept workers quiet
- The Nazis and the Church (1)
- Agreement signed in July 1933 so Nazis and Church leave each other alone
- Children forced out of Catholic youth groups into Nazi ones
- 1937 - Pope's statement criticised Nazi treatment of kids.
- Cardinal Galen criticised euthanasia policy and Niemöller set up illegal Confessional Church
- The Nazis and women
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