Nazi Policies Towards Women and the Family
How the Nazis tried to shape the lives of women between 1933 and 1939: the three Ks, marriage loans and the Mother Cross, removing women from top jobs, and the pull of rearmament back into work.
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Women and the family 👩
The Nazis had clear ideas about the place of women. They wanted women to focus on the three Ks: Kinder, Kirche, Kuche, which means children, church, and kitchen. They encouraged marriage and large families, pushed many women out of top jobs, and later needed some back at work for rearmament.
Words for the policy 🔑
Learn these four terms before you judge how far life changed for women.
Ideal and reality 🆚
The Nazi ideal for women did not always match what the economy needed.
Grade 9 thinking 💡
To reach the top grades, assess how far Nazi policy changed the lives of women, and note the contradiction when rearmament needed women back at work.
Match the policy to what it did 🔗
- the three Ks
- the marriage loan
- the Mother Cross
- removing women from work
- told women to focus on children, church, and kitchen
- gave money to help newlyweds start a family
- rewarded women who had many children
- pushed women out of jobs as doctors and teachers
Match the term to its meaning 🧩
- rearmament
- birth rate
- Aryan
- Reich
- building up the armed forces again
- the number of babies born each year
- the Nazi idea of a pure German
- the German state
What did the Nazis want women to do? ❓
What did the Nazis want women to focus on?
- Children, church, and kitchen, the three Ks.
- Careers in politics and the army.
- Running large businesses.
Rewards for families ✅
Select the TWO ways the Nazis rewarded marriage and children.
- The marriage loan.
- The Mother Cross.
- Sending women to university.
- Free foreign holidays.
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Summarise the policy 📝
The Nazis wanted women to focus on the three _____: children, church, and kitchen. The marriage _____ helped newlyweds, and the Mother _____ rewarded large families. Many women were removed from _____, but later _____ pulled some back into work.
Count the Ks 🔢
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Spot the two family rewards 🖍️
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Family or work? 🧭
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Assess the policy ✍️
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