The Role of women in Nazi Germany.

... The Role of women in Nazi Germany Although the Nazis felt that a woman's place was in the home, they still played a crucial role within Nazi Germany. In my essay I will analyse why women were so crucial, and how the Hitler managed to get women doing what he wanted. "Kinder, kirche and kuche" summed up Nazi attitudes towards women, it translates as "Children, Church and Kitchen. That was all they thought of women. However, even women with high status jobs within politics did not have much power, for example, Gertrude Scholtz - Klink, who was head of the Nazi Women's bureau did not have real power or rights. Women in Nazi Germany had a specific role, and this was role was that they should be good mothers and housewives, who would stay at home, cooking and cleaning, while their husbands worked. Even young girls would be taught at school that their

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