Center for Multi-cultural Studie

Speaker: Prof. 王琪 (Retired Professor, Department of History, National Cheng Kung University)

Time: 2022/6/7 13:00-15:00

Location: Room 26302, 3F, Hsiu-Chi Building, National Cheng Kung University

1) The Nazi Party's Views on the Role of Women
2) Support from women in upper class, elite class and general public

The Nazi Party, formed after World War I, thought about women in complete dissonance with the zeitgeist in Germany after World War I. In the era of the Weimar Republic, women had achieved considerable emancipation, but the Nazi Party was an emerging political party that extremely underestimated women and women's rights. However, this did not prevent women from supporting the Nazi Party and Hitler, nor did it prevent women from joining the Nazi Party and Nazi women's organizations. In particular, the women of the upper class built political and economic contacts in the upper class for Hitler, and made money flow in. They became the best propagandists of the Nazi Party. Women in the elite class contributed their energy and loyalty to Hitler, and the vast number of women supporters expanded the mass base and source of votes of the Nazi Party.