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Life in Nazi Germany
Policies Towards Women
They experimented with their appearances, some took jobs and women were treated as equal citizens within the constitution, having the right to vote.
They were expected to stay at home, look after the family and produce children in order to secure the future of the Aryan race – the traditional role of the woman that had existed before the 1920s.
3 K's: Kinder (kids), Kuche (kitchen) and Kirche (church)
"The mission of women is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world." - Josef Goebbles
Achieve high birth rate -->
Law for the Encouragement of Marriage- gave newlywed couples a loan of 1,000 marks, and allowed them to keep 250 marks for each child they had
Mother's Cross Award- Given to mothers with a lot of children
Allowed women to volunteer to have a baby with an Aryan member of Hitler's SS
Discouraged women from working
Law for the Reduction of Unemployment- gave women financial incentives to stay home with the family
HOWEVER female labor was cheap, and instead there was a rise of women in the workforce
Fashion- Traditional, not slim, no makeup
Economic Policies (which includes things like trade unions)
Hitler increased employment
Began a huge program of public works including building hospitals schools and public buildings. The construction of autobahns, or freeways, created jobs for 80,000 men
Rearmament- responsible for bulk of economic growth between 1933 and 1938, creating millions of jobs for German workers
National Labor Service (NLS)- all young men spent 6 months in the NLS and were conscripted into the army
Groups not included in employment statistics:
1.4 million men in the army
Jews who lost their jobs to non-jews
Women who gave up their jobs for men
Strived for an Autarky- produce everything it needed (self sufficient)
Hermann Goring was made economics minister and was in charge of doing this (not successful)
Big businesses wages rose by 50%, agricultural prices rose by 20%, 20% of small businesses closed.
Big businesses- Nazis promised to get rid of monopolies while trying to get power. However, by 1937 monopolies controlled over 70% of production.
Small businesses- Rules on opening and running small businesses were tightened
Farmers- Farmers benefited under the Nazis because they were their main supporters. Hereditary Farm Law of 1933- prevented farms from being repossessed by their owners- greater security. By 1937, agricultural prices rose by 20%
Industrial Workers- Nazi party needed to gain support from workers
The Labour Front- Replaced banned trade unions. Set wages and followed wishes of employers, not employees
Strength for Joy- Gave workers rewards for their work (picnics, holidays, etc)
Beauty of Labour- Help Germans see that work was good and encouraged factory owners to improve conditions for workers
Living standards did not really improve for German workers under the Nazis. 1933-1939, wages fell, number of hours worked rose 15%, accidents in factories increased, and workers could be blacklisted by employers for asking about conditions
Policies Towards Children and Education
Indoctrinate children into the Nazi ideology from a young age
The Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens- made compulsory for children age 10 from 1936.
Boys wore military style uniforms and aimed to prepare German boys to be future soldiers
Girls wore a blue skirt, white blouse, and heavy marching shoes. It was a lot of domestic work, and its aim was to prepare German girls for future motherhood
All teachers had to join the Nazi Teacher's Association and altered the curriculum to reflect Nazi ideology and priorities
History- rise of the Nazi party
Biology- Racial theories about evolution in eugenics
Race study and ideology- Aryan ideas and anti-semitism
Physical Education- 5 1 hour sports lessons every week
Chemistry and Math- downgraded in importance
Brainwash children to accept Nazi ideas without question
Cultural Policies (including religion, police, cultural events, propaganda, the arts, cultural events)
Persecution of minorities- Slavs, gypsies, homosexuals, disabled, and Jews. Threat to Aryan race
Eugenics- People with disabilities or social problems were degenerates whose genes needed to be eliminated from the human bloodline
Forms of Persecution
Sterilization- Non Aryan groups were prevented from reproducing
Euthanasia- physically and mentally disabled Germans were killed in secret
Concentration camps- Homosexuals, prostitutes, Jehovah's Witnesses, gypsies, alcoholics, pacifists, beggars, hooligans and criminals were often rounded up and sent away to camps.
Persecution against Jews
1933- boycott jewish businesses, jewish workers were sacked
1935- Nuremberg Laws- formalized anti-semitism- stripped Jews of German citizenship, outlawed marriage between Jews and Germans, and took Jewish civil and political rights
1938- Jew scould not be doctors, and children were forbidden to go to school
Kristallnacht- 9 November- SS organized attacks on Jewish homes and businesses
1939- Jews were forbidden to own businesses or radios