Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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Women and the family
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Nazi slogan 'Kinder, Küche, Kirche' meaning

Children, kitchen, church

Ideal Nazi woman's physical features (hair & eyes)

Fair hair, blue eyes (Aryan racial purity)

Year Marriage Law introduced in Nazi Germany

1933

Condition for receiving Marriage Loan

Wife agreed to stop working

Fraction of Marriage Loan cancelled per child

One-quarter (1/4)

Children needed to forgive entire Marriage Loan

Four children

German Women's Enterprise membership at peak

Six million members

Nazi goal for children per woman

At least four children each

Period of steepest decline in married women's employment

1933 to 1936

Behavioural expectations for Nazi women (substances)

Abstain from drinking alcohol and smoking

Years of Weimar Republic period

1919-1933

Why ideal Nazi woman should be physically strong

Essential for bearing children effectively

How many children did most German women actually have?

No more than two (despite Nazi goal of four)

When Nazi employment restrictions began to relax

1936 onwards

German Women's Enterprise main purpose

Spread Nazi ideas about women's roles & teach domestic skills

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