The Nazi Organisation of Women
- ISBN-10
- 0415534097
- ISBN-13
- 9780415534093
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
Description
The Nazi' s were implacably opposed to feminism and women' s independence. Rosa Luxemburg became a symbol of all that most horrified them in German society, in particular because of her involvement in active politics. Nazi ideology saw women in the activist role of 'wives, mothers and home-makers', and their task was to support their fighting menfolk by providing food and making and mending uniforms and flags. The miscellany of women' s organisations was dissolved and reunified by Gregor Strasser in 1931, and in 1934 Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
