Nazi Attitudes Towards Women

Aims of Nazis

Nazi wanted women to:

· Not go to work (until 1937 when they were encouraged to)
· Have certain looks – be blonde, heavy-hipped, athletic, wear no make-up, wear a full skirt and flat shoes.
· Cook a certain way – always use left-overs (they were supposed to prepare a stew once a month on Sunday that used all the left-overs in the house)
· Behave a certain way – not smoke.
· Bring up their children as loyal Nazis and members of the Hitler Youth and bring population back up to the levels of 1900 (2 million live births).
· To bear only have racially pure Aryan children

Nazi Policies

· ‘Honour cross of the German Mother’ introduced: 8 children => gold
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