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Life in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy - Coggle Diagram
Life in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
Nazi Policies Toward Women
Women's lives should revolve around the 3 Ks: Kinder, Küche, Kirche (Children, Kitchen, Church)
Law for the Encouragement of Marriage
Loaned newly-wed couples 1000 marks, and they could keep 250 marks for each child they had
Goebbles(minister of propaganda): "The mission of women is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world."
Extremely traditional roles for women
Nazi Policies Toward Children
Boys were to going Hitler youth, Girls were to join the League of German Maidens
The aim of Hitler Youth was to prepare boys to be a part of the military (future soldiers)
The aim of the League of German Maidens was to prepare girls for future motherhood
The school curriculum reflected all Nazi ideologies like Eugenics learned in Biology and so on.
Nazi Policies Toward Economics
Promised to end unemployment and become an autarky
Failed to become a true autarky but Hitler did increase employment
Through new jobs like rearmament and autobahns
Nazi Cultural Policies
Universal policy of persecution against minorities
Most scientists and intellectuals in Nazi Germany believed in Eugenics
Extreme anti-semitism which escalates into WW2
Fascist Italian Policies Toward Women
1927 Battle for Births
An effort by Mussolini to increase population to 60 million from 37 million by 1950.
It was actually a failure - the birth rate actually went down from 1927-1934.
Wanted young women to get married and have lots of children
Fascist Cultural Policies
Organized leisure activities and education were hardly separable
The Fascist state censored the news and criticism of Fascism, but held back on censoring forms of art such as theater, not until the late 1930s
Large numbers of citizens were required to attend state-organized festivals and ceremonies
Fascist Policies Toward Children
Boys were expected to grow into fierce soldiers
Girls were expected to be good mothers who would provide Italy with a greater population
Children were taught to idolize Mussolini
Fascist Policies Toward Economics
The "battles" for national autarky in raw materials and wheat
Largely unsuccessful
The regime favored employers over workers
Even though Mussolini claimed to cater to the needs of workers while dejecting socialism.