The Nazis had several aims regarding the German population and women's roles: 1) Increase the birth rate and population size to populate new territories, as birth rates had fallen in Germany in the 1920s. 2) Remove women from the workforce and encourage them to stay at home, marry, and have children to free up jobs for unemployed men. 3) Promote the ideology that women's place was in the home as wives and mothers, shown through propaganda posters and policies restricting women's opportunities.

1. Aims Methods Effectiveness By Annabelle, Katie, Alysia, Chenel, Aliya, Anne

4. Aims: the unemployment of women As the Nazis held family values in such high regard, one important aim of the Nazis was to remove women from the workplace, instead having them doing things which were more suited their gender, they encouraged women to stay in the home, marry and bear children. In turn, the unemployment of women would mean the employment of men, as women leaving the work would mean a gap in the job market, which was hoped to be filled up by males. This particular aim of employment was pivotal as it would have allowed the some of the other aims directed at women to be fulfilled, such as the increase of birth-rate and marriage.

5. Linking back to the 25 point plan ‘ 11. the first duty of every citizen is to work with his mind or body. Each individual must work to the general good of the people.’ The Nazis believed that for the general good of the people, women were to be unemployed. They were expected to work at home, looking after their children and husbands. This aim had the people’s community in mind, as women were seen to be better suited to raising German youth as opposed to having a job, which any man could fill.

6. Source 13 (page 188 in your textbooks) The source above illustrates that the Nazis wanted to actively decrease the number of employed women, showing a drop of 6% within the time period of four years. As said previously, the Nazis believed that the ‘right’ place for women was the home, as wives and mothers. However, it must be taken into account that the statistics are not convincing, as there is only a slight drop in the employment of women. Of course, as the provenance of this source is unknown, the reliability of the source is questionable as it is unclear who collected these figures and at what time. It is important to keep in mind that the corruption of figures was not uncommon at the time, so the statistics may not even be correct. Nevertheless, this source is useful in that it shows that the Nazis, presumably, acted on their aim of trying to get women out of the workplace. Proportion of women in employment 1933 – 37% 1937 – 31%

8. In 1934 the Ten Commandments for the choice of a spouse were compiled. They included: 1. Remember that you are a German. 2. If you are genetically healthy you should not remain unmarried. 3. Keep your body pure. 4. You should keep your mind and spirit pure. 5. As a German choose only a spouse of the same or Nordic blood. 6. In choosing a spouse ask about his ancestors. 7. Health is also a precondition for physical beauty. 8. Marry only for love. 9. Don't look for a playmate but for a companion for marriage. 10. You should want to have as many children as possible.

9. The ideal woman in Germany had to appear to be frumpy with wide hips. They had to wear long skirts and they were not allowed to be ambitious. The modern trend of being fashion conscious, having a perm, wearing make up and having the ambition to work were frowned upon and discouraged.

10. This poster shows how women were seen as inferior to men within Nazi Germany as it illustrates how the women were suppose to care for their husbands. The man is dressed in authoritative uniform with a whip which shows dominance over the recessive woman, who is crouched down at his feet. This was used as propaganda to encourage women to be submissive to the male dominance.

11. This is an example of how extreme the Nazi views of women were and how elite they were. In this case the young girl was not permitted to have children because of her disposition “feeble mindedness”.

13. How successfully did the Nazis impose their ideology on German women?

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