Under the Weimar Republic from 1920-1933, German women had some new rights like the right to vote and equality under civic law. However, they remained underrepresented and motherhood was still considered their primary role. When the Nazis rose to power from 1933-1939, they sought to mold German women into their ideal mothers who would have large families and not work outside the home. Nazi policies removed women from political life and careers, changed school programs, and promoted a specific way for women to dress, behave, and raise children as loyal Nazis. This represented a shift backwards from the limited gains made under the previous Weimar Republic.

1. What was life like for women
living in Germany from 1933 –
1939.

2. What did the Nazis want from German Women?
• To mould Aryan women into their ideal
mothers
• To have large families
• To not work
• To look like this
• To cook in a particual way

3. • To dress in a particular way
• To behave in a particular way
• To Bring up their children as loyal Nazis

4. How were the women affected by
the Nazi policies

5. The differences of the treatments of german
women under the Weimar Republic in the
1920’s and under the Nazis in the 1930’s
German woman
secretary in 1938

6. In Urban Attitudes:
Under the Weimar Republic:
• Women had the right to vote
• There was equality of sexes under civic matters
• No descrimination against women bureaucrats
• Maternity rights
But women’s main role wasn’t as different as the Nazis wanted it:
• They remained under-represented
• Motherhood was still women’s most
important function
• Working women were paid 10% to 20% less than working men.

7. • Under the Nazis Regime:
• The Nazis party was clear about their desire
of excluding women from all political life of Germany
• In 1935 Hilter declared Women's rights, during a speech to the National-Socialist Women's
Congress
• School programs for girls were changed
• Women's associations with comunist and socialist groups were banned
• In 1936 women were banned from high-level positions in the
judicial system
• Women were all fired in the medical field
• In 1937 women were allowed to be mothers and be employed
at the same time

8. THE END
Sources used for information:
• The Book: "Germany 1918 - 1945" by Greg Lacey and Keith Stephard
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Women_in_the_Third_Reich#Weimar_Republic (matteo vai su questo
sito per rural attitudes!!!!)
For Pictures:
• Google images By Michela and
Matteo
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Third_Reich#Weimar_Repu
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