Monday 26th February 2001

Nazi Women

Women in wartime Germany were given “privileged” status as the wives and mothers of the new master race. Pre-empting the words of Tammy Wynette by decades, these brides of the Third Reich stood by their man Adolf like no others, primarily as breeding machines. Government dictums stated that a matrimony loan made to newlyweds would be deemed paid off on the couple’s forth child. This revelatory series provides a rare insight into the personal stories of some of these women, including the Fuhrer’s personal secretary.