Edexcel GCSE History 1HI0
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Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41Modern depth
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The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216British depth
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Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39Modern depth
Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: Crime, Policing and the Inner CityPaper 1 option
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39
Nazi policies towards women
- 3 things to know
- Paper 3
Overview
The Nazi ideal of woman as wife and mother, the three Ks, the birth rate, women judged unfit, marriage loans of 1933, the Mother's Cross, dismissals from the professions, limits on girls' education, expected appearance and behaviour, and the return of women to work after 1937.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What were the three Ks the Nazis set out for women?
How were women who did not fit the Nazi ideal regarded?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What place did the Nazis believe a woman should occupy?
Model answer
Wife and mother in the home, raising children for the nation rather than competing with men for work.
- 2
What were the three Ks the Nazis set out for women?
Model answer
Kinder, Küche, Kirche — children, kitchen and church.
- 3
Why were the Nazis so anxious about the birth rate?
Model answer
It had fallen sharply in the 1920s, and they wanted far more racially pure Germans to fill the army and settle new land.
- 4
How were women who did not fit the Nazi ideal regarded?
Model answer
Women judged racially unfit or hereditarily ill were discouraged or prevented from having children altogether.
- 5
What did the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage of 1933 offer?
Model answer
An interest-free loan to newly married couples, a quarter of which was cancelled for each child they had, up to four.
- 6
What was the Mother's Cross?
Model answer
A medal awarded for large families: bronze for four children, silver for six and gold for eight.
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