1. How did the Nazis try to direct the role of women ? “ 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.” Who could have written this? What are they aiming for?

3. "The mission of women is to be _________ and to bring _______ into the world. This is not at all as.........unmodern as it sounds. The female bird pretties herself for her mate and hatches eggs for him. In exchange, the male takes care of gathering _____, and stands guard and wards off the ______." ______________, writing in 1929. beautiful Children food enemy Joseph Goebbels

4. SOURCE 35 2. What methods do the Nazis use to show the ideal German family in this Poster? 1. What do you think they were aiming to achieve? (purpose)

8. Mothercross

9. Lebensborn - Spring of Life

10. Participants in Lebensborn

11. A Lebensborn child today As the war progressed the Lebensborn programme increased with the Nazis taking children.

12. The League of German Maidens

13. Stay home! Have more babies! Have healthier babies! Traditional balance Grow the population Aryan Race Create employment Gain supporters Sense of order

14. Divorce was made easier for childless couples. Married women were excluded from the civil service and other professions. Abortion was restricted and the use of birth control for Aryans was condemned. Advice was given on which types of partners women should marry. Aryan women given a marriage loan of 1000 marks to stay at home. 250 did not have to be paid back with each child. Lebensborn porgramme : SS men fertilised young women so they could ‘donate a baby to the fuhrer’. Employers were encouraged to employ men in favour of women Mother Cross Numbers of women allowed into university restricted Motherhood skills were taught by women’s enterprise (DFW) Sterilisation Law (1933) resulted in 320,000 being neutered due to mental deficiency / hereditary disease There were generous welfare payments for mothers. Kinder, Kirche, Kuche Make up and high heels discouraged