Welcome to this deck on Life in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939. Having established a dictatorship, Hitler's next goal was to create a 'Volksgemeinschaft' – a national community based on Nazi ideals. In this deck, we'll explore how the Nazis tried to shape every aspect of life, from the family and the workplace to education. We will examine their policies towards women and young people, their economic plans to tackle unemployment, and their brutal persecution of minorities, which was central to their vision for Germany.

The Nazi view of women was traditional and centred on their role as mothers. The ideal German woman was expected to stay at home, raise a large family, and support her husband. This vision was summed up in the slogan 'Kinder, Küche, Kirche'. For your exam, understanding this ideology is key to explaining Nazi policies on marriage, family, and employment.

To increase the birth rate of 'racially pure' Aryan children, the Nazis introduced several policies. The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage in 1933 offered loans of one thousand marks to newly married couples, provided the wife left her job. The loan was reduced by a quarter for each child they had. Women who had large families were celebrated as national heroes and awarded the Mother's Cross.