womens role in germany

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Womens role in Germany

Up until the Nazis took power, Germany was leading the way in equality for the sex’s but soon Hitler decided he and his associates wanted old fashioned family values, and after WWI there population was lacking immensely were major fators in Germanys attitude towards women.

 Many modern historians believe that laws in Germany were being passed just to tackle each contemporary problem that arose, this resulted in many contradictions and thus chaos.  German women and their purpose is crucial example of this. German propaganda and the Hitler youth spent much of its time getting women into the home and out of the work place and ensuring they were living life accordingly. Phrases such as “Take hold of kettle, broom and pan,
Then you’ll surely get a man!
Shop and office leave alone, Your true life work lies at home” emphasized where their Fuhrer and country need them most.

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The women were seen and broadcast by politicians as Germany’s back bone and  by giving them this praise as well as giving them a very important role made the women fall in line of getting them out of the workplace and in with the three k’s: Kurder – child; Hirsh –church; Kurche – Kitchen .These were stressed by posters and propaganda all around Germany encouraging and ensuring women knew what they were doing.  By jammins these morals into their minds it ment they would not defer from the Nazis plans.

The three main policies Germany held to achieve these ...

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