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Chapter 5 - Nazi Economic, Social and racial Policy (The role of women…
Chapter 5 - Nazi Economic, Social and racial Policy
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Invisible unemployemnt
official unemployment figures didn't include Jews dismissed from their jobs, unmarried men under 25 (RAD), women who gave up their jobs to get married, opponents of the Nazi party in concentration camps
Volkswagen scheme
1938 - more than 150,000 people had ordered a car
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The role of women
Women over the age of 20 were given the vote and took an increasing interest in politics. By 1933, one tenth of the members of the Reichstag were female
Many women took up careers in the professions, especially the civil service, law, medicine and teaching. Those who worked in the civil service earned the same as men. By 1933 there were 100,000 female teachers and 3,000 doctors
Socially, women went out unescorted, drank and smoked in public, were frequently slim and fashion conscious. They often wore relatively short skirts, had their hair cut short and wore makeup
1933 - law for the Encouragement of Marriage was introduced - aimed to increase Germany's fallen birth rate - gave loans to young couples to marry provided the wife left her job
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Kristallnacht
100 Jews killed and 20,000 sent to concentration camps
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Nazi ideals
According to Nazis, women should
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blonde, heavy hipped and athletic
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Controlling education
Textbooks were rewritten to fit the Nazi view of history and racial purity - Mein Kampf became a standard text
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School curriculum was changed to prepare students for their future roles - 15 per cent of the time was dedicated to p.e
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The treatment of Jews
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Hitler's theory of race was based on the idea of 'Master Race' and the 'Subhumans' - tried to back this up by saying that the Bible showed there were only two races - Jews and Aryans
Nazi propganda portrayed Jews as evil - Hitler regarded Jews as an evil force and was convinced that they were here to destroy civilisation
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