The increased number of suitable marriages also increased as marriage loans were easy to grant and as the reproduction policy came in, couples were easily persuaded to increase Germany’s population. In 1933, the marriage figure was 638,000. In 1939, it was 772,000. Between 1933 and 1939, the marriage figure increased by 83 %. In October 1935, the “Blood Protection Law” was introduced. This was a law in which German marriages to Jews, black people and gypsies were forbidden. This law was introduced to sustain the German Aryan movement and to sustain the “Pure Blood” of Aryans.
Due to the fact that German women were not allowed professions or careers, the men favoured from this a lot. More jobs were now available than before and bringing money into the household was not difficult. Whilst the men went to work and brought the money home, the women would cook, clean and look after the children. Every family member had its stereotypical role and this suited Nazi policies perfectly. These policies made Germany more “Traditionalised” and that is what the Nazis set out to achieve.
Nazi propaganda was also used to impose their ideology onto Women. Gertrude Schöltz Klink was used to describe the appearance and attitudes of the typical German Aryan women. She was considered as the “Perfect Model”. Other inspirational women such as Magda Goebbels were also classified as typical German Aryan women. Typical German Aryan women consisted of: Blond hair, blue eyes, wide hips for easy child labour, flat shoes and long dresses.
The Volksgemainschaft was a very important factor in how the Nazi’s imposed their ideology onto women. Volksgemeinschaft simply means “peoples community”. It was established to bring the community closer and to gain all aspects of cultural and social life. Nazi imposed propaganda through newspapers, radio and even through the Hitler Youth.
Nazi men were allowed to use a process called “Crop Rotation”. This was a Nazi method used to bring more children into the world. Once a man had four or more children with his wife, he was allowed to have more children with other women. Women were not usually bothered by this as they saw it as re- populating the world with purer blood.
Overall, I think that the Nazis imposed their ideology onto women very successfully. Well established groups such as the NSF and DFW were created in which women joined. The use of propaganda and role models such as Gertrude Schöltz Klink and Magda Goebbels influenced women into doing what the Nazi policies wanted them to do and finally the Monetary rewards and “ Medals of Honour “ for childbirth . All of these factors influenced women and rewards, loans and benefits were handed out if these policies and aims were reached. An awful lot of peer pressure was also involved in imposing Nazi ideology onto women!
