In what ways were the lives of women in Germany affected by Nazi social policies?

The women were affected by the Nazis between the years 1933 and 1939. The Nazis encouraged women to have more children and larger families so that the population would grow. They nearly made a law that families should have at least four children. So that the women would have more children the Nazis encouraged women to not work, to stay at home. The Nazis went to desperate measures giving out loans to the 800,000 who signed up, they even gave out medals. Bronze = 4 children. Silver = 6 children. Gold = 8 children. Women were also deprived of their jobs, 15% of all teachers, all women doctors and civil servants were sacked. Women would normally get the jobs that no one else wanted to do, men always got the first pick of jobs no matter how overqualified the women were. However, many women and their families were confused on what Nazi Germany actually wanted from them. At the start of the time period women were basically forced to stay at home, not to work and have many kids whereas at the end of the time period they were insisting that all women go back to work because at the time Germany was in desperate need of employees due to the men going in to the army. This led to lots of women not knowing whether to stay at home and raise their children to be the perfect German citizen or to leave for work and help Germany function without as many men. 

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