The lives of German women were greatly affected in a number of ways by Nazi social policies. Firstly, women were barred from all areas of work. This included the Reichstag and all civil services. All these jobs were filled up by men as Hitler wanted the women to stay home and become “good mothers”. This was a problem as it removed women’s freedom and not all women wanted to stay home and become mothers. It was also a sudden change from Weimar Germany and many people preferred it that way but didn’t speak because they feared the regime.
They were also encouraged to have as many children as possible as Hitler wanted to increase the birth rate. He gave marriage loans to new couples and said they didn’t need to pay it back if they had four children. The women were even given medals and rewards for having children; a bronze medal for 4 children, silver medal for 6 children and more than 8 children for a gold medal. Women were pressurised to have …show more content…
They were not allowed to wear make-up or trousers, dye their hair or smoke in public. They were owned by their husbands and had to show strict loyalty to them. This is again a stark contrast to Weimar Germany and many young women did not like having their freedom taken away from them. Women were now only educated in “how to be a good housewife” and home duties. Before they had a decent education and this crushed the ambitions many women had. A normal day in the life of a German woman now consisted of the 3 K’s; church, children and cooking. They did the same thing every single day and it was quite boring at times. However, a lot of women liked this lifestyle as they like their traditional German values and hated Weimar Germany. Women became the leaders of the households after all the men went off to war. However this created a vacuum in the industrial sector and some women went back to
They were also encouraged to have as many children as possible as Hitler wanted to increase the birth rate. He gave marriage loans to new couples and said they didn’t need to pay it back if they had four children. The women were even given medals and rewards for having children; a bronze medal for 4 children, silver medal for 6 children and more than 8 children for a gold medal. Women were pressurised to have …show more content…
They were not allowed to wear make-up or trousers, dye their hair or smoke in public. They were owned by their husbands and had to show strict loyalty to them. This is again a stark contrast to Weimar Germany and many young women did not like having their freedom taken away from them. Women were now only educated in “how to be a good housewife” and home duties. Before they had a decent education and this crushed the ambitions many women had. A normal day in the life of a German woman now consisted of the 3 K’s; church, children and cooking. They did the same thing every single day and it was quite boring at times. However, a lot of women liked this lifestyle as they like their traditional German values and hated Weimar Germany. Women became the leaders of the households after all the men went off to war. However this created a vacuum in the industrial sector and some women went back to