The Project
The following project is a digital overview of the history of women during the Third Reich in Nazi Germany. Through…
Women’s Organizations
Despite the persistence of a narrative that suggests very little female participation in the Nazi regime, women were active contributors…
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
“Say to yourselves, ‘I am the Volk.’ The tiny individual self [ich] must submit to the great you [Du]”.[1] Gertrud…
Marriage Rights
In the 1930s, a widespread panic developed in Germany in response to rising social issues, such as sinking birthrates and…
Motherhood
“Every child that a woman brings into this world is a battle, a battle waged for the existence of her…
Eva Braun
“I, the lover of the most important man in Germany and the world….”[1] The second daughter of teacher Fritz Braun…
Working Women
As early as 1929, with a global economic crisis weighing on the world, Germany found itself struggling to secure its…
Concentration Camps
The terrible atrocities of life in concentration camps are hardly an unknown entity. Although the treatment of both male and…
Magda Goebbels
“Love is meant for husbands, but my love for Hitler is stronger, I would give my life for it.”[1] …
Female Resistance
Considering the very nature of any resistance movement — shrouded in secrecy and constant fear– it is no surprise that…
