Evening star., 1939-04-09
BY TOM AND HARLE DAMMANN.

BY TOM AND HARLE DAMMANN
BERLIN.-Every German girl i
the potential mother of at leas
four young Nazis.
In Hitler's words, Whereas mar
makes his supreme sacrifice ON tn,
field of battle, woman fights he
supreme battle for the nation II
child BIRTH Consequently. as tn.
boys are drilled and trained for war
the girls are schooled in the rudi.
ments of housekeeping and chile
raising
At the age of 10. little German
girls cease to be little girls. They
join the Hitler youth and don uni.
forms. They are shown their places
in the German state; taught te
work always for the common
strength and self -suffciency of their
nation. Meetings are conducted
twice week and are supplemented
with hikes and excursions.
AS they grow older. the girls be.
come aware that various obstacles
and restrictions are placed before
those who decide to seek occupa
tlons IN which child bearing is not
the principal activity. Young wom-
en- bent upon attending university
must first serve in a work camp
for six months Like the Young
men. in camp they learn the fun
damentalS of National Socialism
through manual labor on the land
Thirty to forty girls live together
generally in large house. Their
home is surrounded by small
farms. Seven hours day are spent
helping farmers wives in their
chores; sometimes assisting the
farmers themselves in light labor.
Working Year" for Professionals.
Inose who prefer a profession
IN Germany. a girls profession
may be anything from factory to
secretarlal WORK. must first devote
~ months to their working year.
Each girl is assigned to a family in
which there are four or more chill
dren, where she works for wear
as a general helper. Thus the
state releves itself of the expense of
housing and feeding the sirl. Spe-
clal meetings of these girls are held
several times week for the dis
cusslon OF news and politics.
Young women who SIMPLY wish to
be married must present credentials Is
granted them after prescribed terms
IN housekeeper- training schools
Early marriages are encouraged
Healthy young couples are given
loans oy the state to enable them
10 set up homes. Usually the loan
ranges between $500 and $1,000, OF
which nothing need be repaid until
after period of two years. If, within
the period, child is born, one
fourth OF the loan is automatically
Cancelled and payment of the re-
malnder is extended for year. A
second quarter of the loan is can
celed II another youngster comes
within the third year; the third
quarter is written off if there is a
third child in the fourth year, and
the entire loan is regarded as paid
If the fourth child is born within
the fifth year.
IT a girl is to marry one of the
elite S. S. men, who compose Hit
ler's personal bodyguard, she NAV
enter brides" school. Should she
plan to marry any other German
youth, she might enter a mother
training" school,
A Visit to the Latter.
We visited the latter type school
in the northern part of Berlin. Our
guide was an enthusiastic Nazj
woman of %. She appeared thor
ough and efficient, and was ever
anxious to explain things to us.
The school building was two
stories high. built around a court
1t was divided into three princi-
pal parts: A division for cooking
another for sewing and a third
for child-care training. Few of the
attending young women live in the
school; most of them come to daily
classes from neighborhood homes.
In the department of child care
one room is devoted to instruction
in the handling of very young ba.
bies. The girls are taught to make
bassinets. cribs, blankets and pill.
lows least expensively. They Learn
how to dress and bathe the new
born, how to feed and regulate Their
hours of sleep. Another room is q
nursery where mothers. while
studying, leave their babies. Un.
married girls gain practical expe'
rience by taking care of these dur.
ING nursery hours.
The sewing department lays great
est stress on teaching how old things
may be made over to look like
new. and hand-me-downs may be
ref1tted and repaired for the young.
er children. Much emphasis Il
placed on the importance of EN-.
ploylng synthetic goods. An illus.
trated poster in the room. for ex.
ample showed two girls; one wall.
flower dressed plainly in wool, the
other a belle, with crowd of ad.
mlrlng young men around her, wore
a gown OF synthetic wool. Glitter
ing letters declared synthetic wool
had sex appeal.
Synthetic Foods Stressed.
Girls are taught in the cooking
department how best to feed their
families with whatever foodstuffs
are available. The Importance OF