It was difficult being an Aryan woman during Nazi Germany. Before Hitler came to power, the Weimer Republic granted emancipation to women, even though it was relatively limited compared to the freedoms that men enjoyed. Women endured discrimination within marriage and in the wider social and economic sphere. In Nazi Germany, Hitler enforced the decree that Germany be made up of a “pure,” exclusively Aryan, race. Hitler insisted Aryans dominate the world, but at the same time prohibited Aryan women from participating in social, academic and political affairs, as well as in other traditionally masculine domains. With their lives and very bodies controlled by the Nazi regime, Aryan woman in Nazi Germany were limited and endured a difficult existence.
The Weimer Republic created after World War I in 1918, was a modern democracy that replaced imperial traditions. Under the new government, the Weimer Constitution of 1919 granted women the right to vote; therefore, women had a certain freedom that allowed them to be active in politics and other atypical …show more content…
Contraceptives and birth control were prohibited; attempts were made to restrict the supply of contraceptive to chemists, which allowed women to bore more children for the “pure” to remain intact. On the other hand, Hitler supported abortion. The pure race consisted of healthy Aryans, and if a child was born with a disease or has a hereditary illness, they were aborted or killed at birth. If someone was caught having aborted a healthy Aryan child, he or she could be imprisoned for up to two years and, during wartime, executed. The government further tried to increase the Aryan birth-rate by providing women with incentives not work and instead give birth, which also accomplished the motive of opening more jobs for men. However, Hitler’s tactics to increase the population did not work; the birthrate in fact
The Weimer Republic created after World War I in 1918, was a modern democracy that replaced imperial traditions. Under the new government, the Weimer Constitution of 1919 granted women the right to vote; therefore, women had a certain freedom that allowed them to be active in politics and other atypical …show more content…
Contraceptives and birth control were prohibited; attempts were made to restrict the supply of contraceptive to chemists, which allowed women to bore more children for the “pure” to remain intact. On the other hand, Hitler supported abortion. The pure race consisted of healthy Aryans, and if a child was born with a disease or has a hereditary illness, they were aborted or killed at birth. If someone was caught having aborted a healthy Aryan child, he or she could be imprisoned for up to two years and, during wartime, executed. The government further tried to increase the Aryan birth-rate by providing women with incentives not work and instead give birth, which also accomplished the motive of opening more jobs for men. However, Hitler’s tactics to increase the population did not work; the birthrate in fact