The birthrate was falling under Nazi rule, introduced policies to reversr this:
1933- Encouragement of Marriage Law, encouraged marriage/large families
- loans given to encourage young couples to marry(wife had to leave work)
- first 4 children kept some of loan
The Mother`s Cross, encouraged large families
- medals were distributed to women for the number of children they had e.g. 8+ children was worth a gold medal
1935- Lenbensborn(fountain of life) programme, encouraged childbirth
- provided nurseries and financial aid to ** men`s wifes
- later made `single women available for fertilisation by ** men`, `genetically pure` children for adoption
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