A painted picture from Mother’s Day issue of The Frauen Warte, a Nazi women’s magazine in 1940, reveals a light haired heavy set woman surrounded by her four children. This is the ideal Aryan, Nazi woman. She is not wearing jewelry and her dress is modest. She is not even wearing a wedding ring. Her four children each have light hair and blue eyes. The children each have a present for their mother...
The National Socialist Women's Yearbook of 1934 reveals women without makeup, without jewelry, and with large hips were considered the ideal Aryan woman in Nazi Germany. The Chairwoman of the Association for German Women's Culture, Agnes Gerlach claimed the ideal woman had become the "big Germanic type of woman" instead of the France's "small, romantic type." Nazi propaganda highlighted larger women...
The Role of Women in Nazi Germany
Nazis are often thought of as men, but many women contributed to the Nazi nation in Germany according to this newsletter in Nachrichtendienst der Reichsfrauenführung Sonderdien. This newsletter was sent to Nazi women who were leaders. These statements are meant to encourage women working at home and let women know what is expected of them during the war. This newsletter...