Women's role 1933 Law for the Encouragement of marriage 1943 Law that all women should have four children with fathers who were “pure” German If a family already had four children the father was able to have other children outside the family. Award given to women with the most children (mother-hood cross) Buildings that women were able to get pregnant at from full blood German men (Lebensborns) Mission of women was to be pretty and bear children Women were not expected to work

Education Used to create loyal Nazi’s Hitler Youth an after school group to develop loyal followers for Hitler All teachers vetted by Nazi officials, 97% of teachers joined Nazi Teachers Association School subjects made to instill Nazi ideas and military like ideas Against interracial marriage Attacked lifestyle of Jews From 1935 on Jews not allowed to attend schools Sole purpose was to create future generation that was blindly loyal to Hitler and Nazi’s

Youth Brainwash Glorified Nordic and other “Aryan” races while belittling Jews and “bastard races” Educators introduced new textbooks to teach adolescents love for Hitler, obedience, state authority, militarism, racism, and anti-Semitism Toys = propaganda vehicles for militarism Girls were enrolled in League of German Girls Trained boys to become storm troopers (SA) 1933: 50, , 5.4 million enrolled in membership

Church Either belonged to the Roman Catholic or Protestant church Population in 1933 rose around 60 million Welcomed the rise of Nazism in 1933 Roman Catholic: Never underwent an internal Kirchenkampf Nationalism deeply embedded CCP aligned with both the social and leftist German Democratic Party “German Christians” embraced many of the nationalistic and racial aspects of Nazi ideology The bekenmende kirche (Confessing Church) emerged in opposition Church officials who openly opposed Hitler were sent to concentration camps

Hitler and Anti-Semitism The jews were reference in Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” Hitler used his position to launch a campaign against the Jews that culminated in the Holocaust He also blamed the Jews for Germany’s misfortunes including: Loss of WWI, harsh terms of the TOV and the hyperinflation of 1923 After January 1933, the Jews became the “Untermenschen” meaning sub-humans Nazis thugs stopped Germans from shopping in Jewish stores Jewish stores were marked with the word “Juden” on the windows Jewish children in schools were taught anti-semitic ideas and they were bullied and publicly ridiculed by teachers As a result, they refused to attend school, the Nazi propagandists labeled them as ‘inherently lazy’ In 1935, Nuremberg laws were passed and the Jews lost their rights to be German citizens, forbidden marriage between the Jews and non-Jews Campaigns against Jews stopped during Berlin Olympics The fear of Concentration camps caused most Germans to be silent even though they disapproved the Nazi actions Krystalnacht – the night of broken glass (the night they destroyed all the stores and houses