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Women in Nazi Germany
- Education
- From 14 they entered
Bund Deutscher Madel
(German Girls' League)
- Girls joined Jumandel
(Hitler Youth) from 10
- They were taught their role in
life was as a good wife/
mother and their place was in
the house - the 3 k's - kinder,
kurche, kuche
- Breeding Program
- Women had
biological purpose
- Medals for women
who had more than 4
children
- Banned
contraception
and abortion
- Sterilised
racially impure
- Encouraged unmarried women to
have children via 'Lebensboin'
where women pregnant by racially
pure SS officers
- Employment
- Women were expected to be
home-makers, wives and mothers
- 1934 - Women dismissed from professions
- Women taken out
of labor market
- 1936 - Women couldn't be
judges or sit on jury
- Physical Constraints
- Not allowed to wear make-up,
have hair dyed or permed
- Only to wear flat shoes -
no trousers allowed
- No smoking - 'unGerman'
- No slimming as thought
unhealthy and would upset
child-bearing
- Long hair put in a bun or plaits
- Marriage
- 1933 - Law for Encouragement of marriage
which gave newly weds government loan of
1000 marks. Encouraged them to have children
- 1924 - 10 commandments
for choice of spouse
which encouraged people
fitting German Ideal to
marry and keep race pure