...The women in Nazi Germany had a very specific role set up for them. The specifications of their job consisted of revolving around their house duties, their husbands and their children. Most of the income in the family would come from the husband, while back at home, the women would tidy up and keep everything in place. The encouragement of marrying at a young age, and getting a proper family dates back to 1933, from when Hitler first rose to power, and the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage was introduced. This law specified that all newly married couples would get a government loan of 1000 marks which was about 9 months average income. This loan was not to be simply paid back. The birth of one child meant that 25% of the loan did not have to be paid back. Two children meant that 50% of the loan need not be paid back. Four children meant that the entire loan was cleared. In another sense, it was logical for the families to reproduce in order to have a stable life. Hitler’s policies mainly revolved around the main idea of producing more children in the country, in order to have more mother and more soldiers. With more young boys and girls, Germany was gaining more soldiers and mothers. Before becoming eligible men and women, all of the youth had to go through specific programs where they would gain more knowledge and learn new policies. The programs were called “Hitler Youth”. In the first few years the programs were launched, they were strictly for the boys, where they...
Words: 1548 - Pages: 7
...historical conditions, the role of women in Germany varied according to the principles of different epochs. When the Nazi Party came to rule, it dictated its perspective on women’s rights and duties, which was based on their ideology of Nazism. At that time, the role of women was quite specific and thought-out. In the beginning of 20th century, German women demanded that they get the right to vote, and succeeded in 1919. They also began working in spheres that were previously considered as dominated by men, stepped out of fashion boundaries by shortening their hair and skirts, and were freer...
Words: 665 - Pages: 3
...The rise of Nazi Germany marked the start of the Third Reich which had started from 1933, to 1945. During the Third Reach, the role of women was seen as essential throughout the Nazi Regime as they needed to populate and were required for household work. This is seen on a few points. Women had a crucial role in raising the future generations of Nazi Germany. Women had an important role in supporting their men. The role of Women was seen as an essential role for population increase in Nazi Germany. Women had an essential role for population increase in Nazi Germany. When the population decrease started in Germany, the Nazis thought of this as a major weakness as they would not have as many soldiers to fight in coming wars or to defend Germany....
Words: 871 - Pages: 4
...To what extent did women’s status improve in Nazi Germany? Hitler had a very clear idea of women’s role; she was the centre of family life, a housewife and the mother. Their job was to keep the house nice for their husband and family – their lives should revolve round the three ‘ks’, church, children and cooking. This ideal was based around Hitler wanting to achieve his long held goal of Lebensraum to increase the German Aryan population. Strasser argues that ‘National Socialism intended to restore the natural order, and states that this was to accord women the respect they deserved as mothers and housewives’, therefore improving their status. However Carey argues that women’s position did not improve and “throughout the civil war women endured horrific human rights violations...women were raped tortured, and killed.” To a greater extent, it is more credible to argue that women’s status did not improve in Nazi Germany because they were fixed with a specific role of being a housewife and breeding children and women who did not fit the German ideal were persecuted. Word count: Cumulative word count: Married women benefitted as they were rewarded with incentives, such as loans. This is evident through the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage which was passed in July 1933. This enabled ‘newlyweds to take out a loan of 1000 marks’, with the agreement that for every child they had from this point onward they would not have to pay back 25% of the loan. This meant that if...
Words: 3129 - Pages: 13
...The Author Guida Diehl was the founder and leader of the Newland Movement, which pre-dated the Nazi Party by at least six years. She came from a nationalist and anti-Semitic family, and only joined the Nazi Party in August 1930. Following the advice of Adolf Stocker, who hated Jews and supported the emancipation of unmarried women, she attended social-work school and later worked as a teacher of social work in Frankfurt. Diehl constantly preached a spiritualist, quasi-Christian, and nationalist message, that went against the postwar values of Americanism, materialism, and mammonism, which threatened to overpower Volk, God, and fatherland. Diehl wholly supported National Socialist goals, the Nazi’s anti-communism and anti-Semitism, and was particularly concerned with stemming the tide of moral ‘filth’ including the campaign to legalize abortion. Diehl was installed as ‘cultural advisor’ in the Nazi Party, but by 1936 had lost any appreciable political influence or organizational role. The Document in its Historical Context The title of the document undergoing analysis is, “A New Type of Woman”, and “Principles of the National Socialist Women’s Organizations” (the document), both from the book ‘Die deutsche Frau und der National Sozialismus (The German Woman and National Socialism), and published in 1932. “A New Type of Woman”, as written by Guida Diehl, outlines what characteristics a German woman should possess, and what type of woman she should aspire to become....
Words: 1815 - Pages: 8
...when millions of Jews were killed by the Nazis. Nazis who came to power on January 1933 in Germany believed that the Germans were good and great but the Jews were useless and low. In front of them they were aliens and bad for that community. The Greek word Holocaust means “sacrifice by fire”. National Socialist Government of Germany started the concentration camps. Nazis deported many Jews from Germany. The population of the Jews was about nine million or more. The Holocaust was one of the worst events that happened in the world’s history and many people sacrificed their lives. Nazis recommended the idea of killing children who are from dangerous groups and wanted to protect their community from getting harmed by them. The Germans killed over millions of children some of them were Jews and some were Romani. Some Jewish and non-Jewish adolescents were used as forced labor and this way...
Words: 562 - Pages: 3
...Part 1 - Weimar Germany 1918-1929 1) The Treaty of Versailles ▪ Kaiser abdicates November 9th 1918, Armistice (cease-fire) signed November 11th ▪ Treaty of Versailles signed June 1919 ▪ It is a DIKTAT – something forced on to Germany. Allies say that they will carry on the war if Germans do not sign. ▪ For many Germans the defeat in WW1, national humiliation, the Treaty of Versailles, the Weimar constitution & democracy are all linked – helps explain why democracy is weak in Germany ▪ Terms of the Treaty – ▪ Germany has to pay REPARATIONS (fixed in 1921 as £6600 million) ▪ Germany loses all its COLONIES (overseas parts of their empire) ▪ German army limited to 100,000 men with no air force & a small navy with only 6 battleships and no submarines ▪ 13% of Germany is now transferred to neighbouring countries as the map is redrawn ▪ Germany loses land to France (Alsace-Lorraine), Belgium, Poland (Posen & West Prussia) & Denmark ▪ 15% of German coal mines are lost in map changes ▪ Many Germans blame the defeat in the war on “the stab in the back” (DOLCHSTOSS) – i.e. the Socialists / Communists / Jews betrayed Germany & the army was never defeated. This myth makes it harder to accept the Treaty ▪ Treaty weakened democracy in Germany and the German economy ▪ Friedrich Ebert appointed Chancellor in October 1918 2) The Weimar Constitution ▪ A National Assembly was elected to write this new constitution ▪ It met in Weimar because Berlin was...
Words: 5018 - Pages: 21
...To what extent did Hitler create a totalitarian state in Germany between 1933 and 1939? How would you define a totalitarian state? Well many would argue that it was a political system where the state, usually under one organisation, recognises no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life. This was what Hitler wanted for Germany under the control of the Nazi party. From 1933 to 1939 Hitler tried to control every aspect of Germany and its people. To create a totalitarian state Hitler would have to insure that one party and one party only controlled Germany. He would also have to ensure that he could keep the economy, the opposition, the media, the army and the police fully under his control. This essay will closely examine if he achieved this or not. Carl Freidrichs, a German historian believes that to have a totalitarian state all of these features are needed. In other words for a country to be a totalitarian state then the following features were essential. These included: suppression of all sources of opposition, total control of the media, total control of all groups in society, the total control of education, total control of the economy and finally total control of all civil life. If these things could be controlled then Hitler would have indeed created a totalitarian state. Firstly Hitler would have to crush all opposition to ensure that he could create his totalitarian state. Although Hitler had quickly established...
Words: 2135 - Pages: 9
...in government benefit women and young people in Germany between 1918 and 1945? Historians can agree to a certain extent that changes in government had advantages and disadvantages for women and young people in many different ways. The war had just ended in 1918, causing a lot of damage. This resulted in weak government as Germany was blamed for the war in which they had to sign the Treaty of Versailles causing decrease in money and low public morale. From Weimar republic to Nazi Germany there were many changes that government made which benefited women and young people. Weimar Republic was a democratic government formed after Germany's defeat in World War I, the Weimar Republic lasted from 1918 until 1933. It was named after Weimar, the city where the constitutional assembly took place. Life in Germany was positive for some women. Women during this time period in Weimar Germany had freedom and were even offered jobs that were considered ‘masculine’ for example teachers, doctors, lawyers, judges and even politicians. The reasons why women were given opportunities to work in powerful roles was because of changes in government policy during the war when men were drafted for war. In Germany, women were entitled to vote from the age of 20. In contrast, during this time period it was a rarity for women to have the right to vote in European countries. During this time period very few women were entitled to vote in European countries. However, in Germany women were entitled to vote...
Words: 772 - Pages: 4
...were the changes in the lives of German women under the Nazi system driven by Nazi ideology?’. The origin of the first key source are extracts of a 1936 speech given by Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, who was chosen by Hitler to be the leader of the National Socialist Women’s League. This source is relevant to the investigation due to its direct link to Nazi Ideology and the expected role of women in Nazi Germany. Her speech is valuable as a resource as she states, in her role as a top Nazi official, that ‘The woman, besides caring for her own children, should first care for those who need her help as mothers of the nation.’ (Bytwerk,1936) Within her speech, at the beginning of 1936, Scholtz-Klink expounds official Nazi policy to German women in alignment with Nazi Ideology. The limitations of the origin were that Scholtz-Klink, though the head of a huge organization, was ranked very low in the Nazi Hierarchy and was only a figurehead within a system guided by men. (When Hitler’s perfect woman came to call, 2018)...
Words: 449 - Pages: 2
...1 GCSE HISTORY GERMANY 1918-1939 REVISION This awesome booklet has been designed to help you get exam-ready. It contains the ‘essential’, need-to-know points for the Germany unit, plus useful revision boosters and guidance on answering exam questions. Remember, getting your exam technique sorted is a must if you’re going to succeed in the exam - it’s just as important as knowing your stuff! CONTENTS....There are 4 sections to this booklet. 3 Hitler overcomes his opposition 1 The rise and fall of the Weimar Republic 1918 1929 1933 1934 2 The rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis 1939 4 The Nazi dictatorship 1 The rise and fall of the Weimar Republic 1918-33 Introduction If, just for fun, we were to make a graph showing the fortunes of the Weimar Republic, it would probably look like this…. B A Phase A 1918-23: The WR suffers from a few major teething problems, and struggles to survive. C Phase B 1924-28: ‘The Golden Twenties’. Things are on the up for the WR, as it recovers from its earlier problems. But beneath the surface, there are still weaknesses. Phase C 1929-1933: With the Wall St. Crash and the Great Depression, the WR comes ‘crashing’ down! Of course, during each phase, the Nazis were experiencing their own political rollercoaster ride. Broadly speaking, whenever the WR was enjoying success, the Nazis were not, and vice versa. More about that later. What was the Weimar Republic and why was it set up? A lot...
Words: 13770 - Pages: 56
...SECTION 1: THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE WEIMAR GOVERNMENT 1918-OCTOBER 1933 |9 November 1918 |Abdication of the Kaiser | |January 1919 |Spartacist Uprising | |February 1919 |First Weimar elections | |28 June 1919 |Treaty of Versailles signed | |July 1919 |Weimar Constitution announced | |March 1920 |Kapp Putsch signed | |January 1923 |Occupation of the Ruhr | |January-November 1923 |Hyperinflation | |8-9 November 1923 |Munich Putsch ...
Words: 13280 - Pages: 54
...Kayla Noll April 12th, 2015 Hartman Arguments and Persuasions in Arts/Humanities The Power of Language In “A Handmaids Tale” by Margaret Atwood we see the establishment of a new world. This new world has taken over what was previously known as The United States of America. We see a world where women are oppressed, restricted in their rights, and where government has total control over it’s people. These acts of oppression and restriction of rights by the government stand alongside another period in time (though this one not being a work of fiction) which is that of Nazi Germany. In “A Handmaids Tale” within the new society of Gilead we see the use of language being used as a tool of power. The government constructed these new sets of words in order to hide the bitter realities of what they were doing, as well as to serve societies elite. They invented a new set of laws and language that would be used to persuade the public that their new “empire” would be better and improved than the last. Women do not have a true identity in Gilead, as they are simply defined as a “Wife”, “Handmaid”, or “Martha”. A wife is simply a married woman, while a handmaid is the woman who is hired to carry the wife and her husbands baby due to infertility rates. A Martha is a woman whose ovaries are deemed unusefull and acts as a cook or servant in the house of a commander. After the United States government was overthrown, a chemical spill took place that extremely lowered fertility rates...
Words: 1771 - Pages: 8
...How Successful were the Nazis in Creating a Volksgemeinschaft? To simply answer the question, the answer would be that they had very little success in creating their ‘National Community’. Between the years 1933-39 the Nazi party set upon an idea of creating their own race of racially pure Germans, an Aryan race. And to do this they had to remove all the people they had thought of as unfit and against what they saw as the Aryan race, and create a Volksgemeinschaft. Volksgemeinschaft was a people’s community, where everybody was equal in race. The Nazi party was prepared to go to extreme lengths to ensure that they got this racially pure race, killing unfit Germans was a solution. Hitler wanted a community joined only by blood and race, anyone else was not considered to be part of the Volksgemeinschaft program. Hitler wanted his Aryan race to spread throughout the world and for the Nazi party to become the most powerful. By the years 1936 and 1937 Hitler and the Nazi party were strong within Germany, the support of the Nazi party was immense and Hitler saw this as an opportunity to radicalise the Nazi party, take things further and more extreme. Hitler announced new rules for Jews, persecution of the Jews. Hitler first began increasing pressure on them to ‘voluntarily’ sell their business’ this was the beginning of the attack on the Jews. Hitler pressured Jews to sell their well earning business for well under the market value to Aryan race German. With less Jews in charge of...
Words: 1099 - Pages: 5
...am writing a letter to inform you about the Nazi policies, from 1933, to reduce unemployment and improve the standard of living in Germany. I hope this letter inspires you to make a change to your current social status as well as informing as many people you can about these issues I am stating. The six ways the Nazi government tried to reduce unemployment and improve the standard of living will be described throughout this letter, I hope that you gain knowledge or infer information from this in order for it to not be repeated. In 1933 there were six million people who were unemployed, this was following the Great Depression in which a huge mass of German businesses closed and a massive rise in unemployment began. The unemployment rise made...
Words: 889 - Pages: 4
