Mother's Day Tradition Germany
( Liebe zum Muttertag ! )
In
1920, Germany had the lowest birth rate in Europe, and the decline continues.
This is due to the participation of women in the labor market. At the same
time, society (politicians, women of the Church of the left and right and
feminists) that as influential groups that mothers should be honored, but do
not know how to agreement, however, all groups agreed to promote maternal values.
In 1923 this led to the unanimous adoption of Mother's Day, Mother's Day Germany off
Americaand imported from Norway. The head of the Association of German Florists
cited "internal conflict of our people and the disintegration of the
family" as the reason for the introduction of the party. It is expected
that the party will unite the divided country. In 1925, Day Committee found the
mother of the working group for the restoration of the people and the country,
ending dependence on commercial interests and began emphasizing the need to
increase the population in Germany by promoting motherhood.
The
apartment as a way to encourage women to more children, the nationalists had
seen dressed as a way to rejuvenate the nation has ever seen. Not in honor of
the feast of unmarried women, but an idealized standard of motherhood.
Progressive forces to oppose the implementation of the holiday as it supports
both conservatives and because, as a way to see the rights of women who work
for elimination. The woman, the journal of the Federation of German women
refused to recognize the party. Many municipalities have their own
interpretation of the party: it will be a day to help economic families or
single parents. Eligibility Guidelines subsidies of eugenics, but there is no
evidence that social workers they ever applied in practice, and subsidies are
preferred "healthy" families in economic need, not for families with
more children or children.
With
the Nazi party to power in 1933-1945, the situation has changed dramatically.
Promotion of the mother increases in many European countries, including Britain
and France. The position of the German Nazi government, the role of mothers to
give healthy children of the German nation. NSDAP intention is to create
"Aryan race" pure after Nazi eugenics. Among other things, Day ideas
of the Mother's Day Germany, the government encouraged the death of mother son in a battle
for the highest performance of patriotic motherhood.
The
Nazis quickly declared Mother's Day a holiday to be placed under the control of
the National Security Agency (National Socialist People's Welfare) and NSF
(National Organization of Socialist Women). This led to conflicts with other
organizations, management of NS-site, including the Catholic and Protestant
churches and local women's organizations represented. Local authorities against
the directives of the Nazi government and appointed for the distribution of
funds for families who were in economic distress, to the chagrin of Nazi
military.
In
1938 the government began issuing Cross-called price (mother cross) of the
mother by categories, depending on the number of children, the mother depended.
The medal is awarded to Mother's Day Germany and other holidays, because of the large
number of beneficiaries. The cross was an attempt to encourage women to have
more children, and beneficiaries must have at least four. For example, the
recipient of the golden cross (first level) should have eight or more children.
As fewer children were new development is the golden cross, especially for
older mothers honored with grown children. Cross encouraged loyalty among
German women and is a popular price, even if there is little material reward
and is mostly empty praise. Doctors and social workers on the basis of genetic
and racial values that are taught forced the recipients of the awards as
useful. Mother and friends and family also examined for possible defects, the
mother can disqualify and they also had a "racist and morally good."
They were "German blood", "value", and “genetically
healthy", "politically correct" and have no vices such as
alcohol. Criteria were compared with honors, such as "family history of
lower blood contains" a "feminine" behavior, such as smoking or
making poor financial management, not "political partners", or with
family members who "tried and thrown in prison "were. There have been
cases where a family was disqualified because a doctor has seen signs of
"nonsense". May be a Jew is a potential beneficiary to disqualify.
Some social workers were disappointed by the Weimar Republic to become problems
of the country and support Nazi ideas personally, as a way to "cure".
Implementation of the guidelines is uneven, doctors sponsored medical criteria
of racial and communities promote economic necessity before other
considerations.
The
apartment is now celebrated on the second Sunday of May. In a manner similar to
the European countries close
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