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The National Socialist Women's League (, abbreviated ''NS-Frauenschaft'') was the
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of the
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. It was founded in October 1931 as a fusion of several
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and
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women's associations, such as the German Women's Order (, DFO) which had been founded in 1926. From then on, women were subordinate to the NSDAP Reich leadership.
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was its first speaker (''Kulturreferentin''). The ''Frauenschaft'' was subordinated to the national party leadership (''Reichsleitung''); girls and young women were the purview of the
League of German Girls The League of German Girls or the Band of German Maidens (, abbreviated as BDM) was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. It was the only legal female youth organization in Nazi Germany. At first, the League consis ...
(''Bund Deutscher Mädel'', BDM). From February 1934 to the end of World War II in 1945, the ''NS-Frauenschaft'' was led by Reich's Women's Leader (''Reichsfrauenführerin'')
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink Gertrud Emma Scholtz-Klink, born Treusch, later known under the alias Maria Stuckebrock (9 February 1902 – 24 March 1999), was a German official and member of the Nazi Party best known as the leader of the National Socialist Women's League ('' ...
(1902–1999). It put out a biweekly magazine, the ''
NS-Frauen-Warte The ''NS-Frauen-Warte'' ("National Socialist Women's Monitor") was the Nazi magazine for women. Put out by the NS-Frauenschaft, it had the status of the only party approved magazine for women and served propaganda purposes, particularly supportin ...
''. Its activities included instruction in the use of German-manufactured products, such as butter and rayon, in place of imported ones, as part of the self-sufficiency program, and classes for brides and schoolgirls.
Richard Grunberger Richard Grunberger (7 March 1924 Vienna, Austria – 15 February 2005) was a British historian who specialised in study of the Third Reich. He was born in Austria to Jewish parents. His father died when he was young, and he was raised by his mo ...
, ''The 12-Year Reich'', p 258,
During wartime, it also provided refreshments at train stations, collected scrap metal and other materials, ran cookery and other classes, and allocated the domestic servants conscripted in the east to large families. Propaganda organizations depended on it as the primary spreader of propaganda to women. The ''NS-Frauenschaft'' reached a total membership of two million by 1938, the equivalent of 40% of the total party membership.Payne, Stanley G. 1995 ''A History of Fascism 1914-1945'' University of Wisconsin Press, Madison p. 184 File:Ns frauenschaft lapel pin Moment.jpg, NS Frauenschaft dress pin


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Women in Nazi Germany In Nazi Germany, women were subject to doctrines of Nazism by the Nazi Party (NSDAP), which promoted exclusion of women from the political and academic life of Germany as well as its executive body and executive committees. On the other hand, wh ...


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External links


Die NS-Frauenschaft
at ''Lebendiges Museum Online''.

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