1. What was the role
of WOMEN
in Nazi Germany?
GCSE

2. How do you think
Hitler viewed the
role of women in
Nazi Germany?
GCSE

3. INTRODUCTION
GCSE
Hitler had strong views about the role of women in Nazi Germany.
Their role was to :
Stay at home
Support their husbands
Have as many children as possible!!!

4. The 3 K's GCSE K K K uche (Cooking) inder (Children) irche (Church)
Women in Germany were told to stick to the 3 K’s : K
inder (Children) K
irche (Church) K
uche (Cooking)

5. How did Nazi ideas affect women?
GCSE
WOMEN WERE BARRED FROM SOME JOBS.
Many female teachers, doctors, lawyers were fired when Hitler came to power.
2. WOMEN WERE DISCOURAGED FROM UNIVERSITY.
Only 10% of students were women. Nazis felt studying would stop them having a family.

6. GCSE 3. WOMEN WERE BARRED FROM JURY SERVICE!
Hitler felt they were ‘too emotional’ to be effective!
GCSE
4. CHILDLESS COUPLES WERE ENCOURAGED TO FIND NEW PARTNERS!
Contraception was banned.
Childless couples were encouraged to DIVORCE or find new partners!

7. GCSE 5. A NAZI WAY OF LIFE WAS ENCOURAGED!
Women were banned from smoking (unladylike)
Make up, wearing trousers and dyeing hair and slimming was also discouraged!

8. We are looking for some real ARYAN men please!
6. LEBENSBORN
This was called ‘Spring of life’
It was a brothel where unmarried mothers could go to become pregnant by Aryan racially pure SS men!
You called Ladies?
I LOVE my Aryan men!
GCSE
We are looking for some real ARYAN men please!

9. Why did Hitler want bigger families? GCSE
Hitler encouraged bigger families to:
Make a Greater racially pure Germany
Make a larger army
GCSE
How did he encourage bigger families?
A MOTHERHOOD MEDAL was given to women with the most children (Gold medal for 8)
Good LOANS (1 years wages) were given to newly married couples. On the birth of 4 children they could keep the money.

10. got better under the Nazis'
Typical 8 Mark Question
GCSE
'The lifestyle of women
got better under the Nazis'
Do you agree?
(8 marks)

11. Nazi policies on women - Good or Bad?
GCSE
Good
Bad

12. Good GCSE The Loans were popular and did help to encourage families
The Motherhood medal gave pride to some mothers
Families were encouraged and supported. Many in Germany liked this (eg church)
Many women liked being supported
Men had a more chance of a job
Most women were actually against the Nazis to begin with BUT began to support them – showing the popularity of their policies

13. Bad
GCSE
Many women didn’t like losing their jobs and not being allowed to study
They didn’t like having their freedoms stopped.
Divorce not liked by the church.
Lebensborn children grew up fatherless
The German population didn’t increase hugely. (Sterilisation)
Women had to be put into jobs due to the war.

14. GCSE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Give two ways in which the lives of young people changed under the Nazis from 1933 to 1939 (2)
How did the Nazis try to control the lives of women in Germany between 1933 and 1939 (6)
Explain how Nazi policies affected the lives of young people and women in Germany from 1933 to In your answer refer to the bullet points and use other relevant knowledge:
- Youth Organisations and education
- Family Work and home (12) 14

15. GCSE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Give two ways in which the lives of young people changed under the Nazis from 1933 to 1939 (2) 15

16. GCSE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
How did the Nazis try to control the lives of women in Germany between 1933 and 1939 (6) 16

17. GCSE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Explain how Nazi policies affected the lives of young people and women in Germany from 1933 to In your answer refer to the bullet points and use other relevant knowledge:
- Youth Organisations and education
- Family Work and home (12) 17