It is estimated that some 20, such babies were bred during the 12 years of the Third Reich —45 , principally in Germany and Norway. Hildegard Trutz had been a loyal supporter of the Nazis ever since Hitler came to power. Trutz quickly became a figurehead of her local organization, in part because of her Germanic blonde hair and blue eyes. In , when she was eighteen, Trutz finished her schooling and was at a loss as to what to do next.
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Women in Nazi Germany were subject to doctrines of Nazism by the Nazi Party NSDAP , which promoted exclusion of women from the political life of Germany as well as its executive body and executive committees. In spite of this, the Nazi regime officially only permitted and encouraged women to fill the roles of mother and wife; women were excluded from all positions of responsibility, notably in the political and academic spheres. The policies contrasted starkly with the evolution of women's rights and gender equality under the Weimar Republic , and is equally distinguishable from the mostly male-dominated and conservative attitude under the German Empire. The ideal woman in Nazi Germany did not have a career outside her home. Instead, she took delight in - and was responsible for - being a wife, the education of her children, and keeping her home. Women had a limited right to training of any kind; such training usually revolved around domestic tasks.
Her name is not widely known outside Germany, but Sophie Scholl is an iconic figure in her native country and her story is extraordinary. This weekend many will commemorate the th anniversary of the birth of a young woman who famously stood up to Adolf Hitler and paid for it with her life. Her resistance is retold countless times in books, films and plays. And it continues to inspire people today. Sophie Scholl was born in into a country in turmoil. But her childhood was secure and comfortable. Her father was the mayor of the south-western town of Forchtenberg though the family would later move to Ulm and Sophie, along with her five brothers and sisters, was brought up in a Lutheran household in which Christian values mattered. But by the time she reached her teens, Adolf Hitler was running the country. Like many other youngsters, he joined the party's Hitler Youth movement and she its sister organisation, the League of German Girls. Her father, an ardent critic of Hitler, was by all accounts horrified by their initial enthusiasm.
