Nazi restrictions on women were encouraging the women to quit work, return home, and become mothers for the greater good of the nation. Hitler very much encouraged this because of his old-fashioned views on women, so he made sure he left no room for feminine values in Nazism. With the restrictions on women in the workplace went a major propaganda campaign to promote the concept of the ideal German woman. The Nazis made mothers day in May of 1934 a national celebration. They allowed men to have paid days off and the children were encouraged to make artwork and poems for their mothers. They portrayed German mothers as women nursing the children and nation with life. These Nazi puritanism campaigns went as far as making abortion illegal for
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The swastika appeared on the Nazi flag, arm bands, medallions, election posters, and badges for organizations and the military. Before the Nazis took over and changed the meaning of the swastika forever, the symbol of the swastika was used 5000 years before Hitler put it on the Nazi flag. The symbol is sacred in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Odinism and the symbol has ancient history in Europe (Swastika 1). The Nazi party put the flag up everywhere and the swastika was always seen by the Germans. It was seen so often that even now when seen the mind goes straight to the atrocities of Hitler. Repetitiveness caused the flags and swastikas to become normal and be seen all the time. Just like the flags, Hitler used saluting to get into the minds of the Germans; he did it so often that people would just do it back. Hitler and Goebbels created so much propaganda and incorporated it into the Germans’ everyday life that it soon saturated their minds and they became used to it. That is how Hitler got away with being so evil and having Germans on his side. His whole plan of deception, censorship, and repetition through propaganda worked incredibly well; even though he got into the heads of many Germans, not all of them went along with Hitler 's evil ways. Many rebelled and fought
The swastika appeared on the Nazi flag, arm bands, medallions, election posters, and badges for organizations and the military. Before the Nazis took over and changed the meaning of the swastika forever, the symbol of the swastika was used 5000 years before Hitler put it on the Nazi flag. The symbol is sacred in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Odinism and the symbol has ancient history in Europe (Swastika 1). The Nazi party put the flag up everywhere and the swastika was always seen by the Germans. It was seen so often that even now when seen the mind goes straight to the atrocities of Hitler. Repetitiveness caused the flags and swastikas to become normal and be seen all the time. Just like the flags, Hitler used saluting to get into the minds of the Germans; he did it so often that people would just do it back. Hitler and Goebbels created so much propaganda and incorporated it into the Germans’ everyday life that it soon saturated their minds and they became used to it. That is how Hitler got away with being so evil and having Germans on his side. His whole plan of deception, censorship, and repetition through propaganda worked incredibly well; even though he got into the heads of many Germans, not all of them went along with Hitler 's evil ways. Many rebelled and fought