Womens Health in Nazi Germany

The Role and Status of Women in Nazi Germany

The era of the Third Reich in Germany is one of the most researched subjects , particularly with reference to women . The population policies of the Third Reich were formulated by both , the Party officials and experts . Health officials and professionals involved in population planning contributed significantly to the implementation of social policies based on the National Socialists ' ideologies , for the Volk Professionals including judges , social workers , party workers , teachers and mayors were included in the family policy making process (Pine 8-10 . The

policies breached the privacy of family life with its objectives being to increase birth rate and racial homogeneity . The identity and role of women was rooted to the belief that women could serve the cause of the nation better , by staying at home . The Nazi 's views on the supremacy of the Aryan race , the need to avoid Jews all had considerable bearing on the health of the future generations , for which family life and particularly that of women needed to be dictated German girls were considered subjects of the state , but to gain citizenship only upon marriage (Hitler , 368 . Women were taught that marrying a suitable man and having healthy children contributed to national service . Thus they were domesticated for a national cause , with personal issues like ill health , not wanting to marry , smoking , and even divorce and re-marriage were decided from the angle of producing healthy children . Women with more children received national recognition too

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