Evening star., 1942-11-25


end in all other civilian jobs they
are strong enough to handle. And
it's women's duty to fill the mys-
terlous ranks of the Women's Ges-
tapo and to work in other Nazi or
esnizations such as the League of
German Girls.
But Hitler's labor minister decreed
Just before war began that women
must not, under any conditions,
work so hard they are harmed in
their natural profession as mothers"
In war. as in peace, Hitler's women
must bear children to man the gi-
gantic Nazi machine.
Subsidies for Babies.
Whether the children are legiti-
mate or illegitimate is unimpor-
tant-Hitler's only requirement is
that they be ''racially pure" There
fore, Nazi propaganda encourages
child bearing both in and out of
wedlock and the Nazi treasury backs
up the ballyhoo with marriage sub
sides and state care for illegiti-
mate children.
Hitler's program to increase the
birthrate of "Germanic" children
has another side-the organized
campaign to kill off the birth of
'non-Aryan' or foreign children.
Toward this end Nazi authorities in
all the occupied countries have
taken certain definite steps which
IN many cases amount to deliberate
murder.
One of the most effective methods
OF reducing the non-German birth
rate Is to refuse pregnant mothers
proper food and medical care. Since
the Nazis themselves have adver-
tlsed Poland as the model state" p"
glance at conditions there is a
glance into the crystal bali for the
rest Of occupied Europe
Denied Medical Care.
In Poland no medical care is
allowed for Polish expectant moth
ers-according to law. this protec-
ton exists only for German women.
Ponsh women are not allowed holi-
DAYS with pay during pregnancy or
commemorate they take HOLIDAYS
without pay they may lose their
jobs.
Food rations to Poles have been
so drastlcally reduced that mothers
are often i'll during pregnancy and
thelr babies are born too weak to
i've Everyone in Poland has lost
so much weight through continual
munger that the number of anemia
consumption and hunger dropsv''
cases grows every month. Yet Pol
ism women receive no extra milk, fat
or eggs either during confinement
or When they are feeding their chill
dren.
IN the overcrowded maternity hos
pltals Polish and German mothers
are Kept in separate wards. Re.
cause they receive almost no medi-
esl assistance, an increasing num-
per OF Polish women die in child.
nlrth, Those who. live are turned
OUT OF the hospital three days after
their confinement. ~
Should the tiny babies become
SICK at home, 1t is almost impossible
Tor Polish families to purchase med
zeal supplies. And the Nazi atti-
1uoe toward Jewish babies is
clearly shown in a recent decree
statlng that in the Warsaw ghetto
chlioren under S years of age are
toroioden medical attention.
Families Separated.
I'hrnilphn,,f Nor;
the foreign birthrate is attacked bv
the simple means of separating
married couples and breaking IN
families. Husbands are sent fnr
forced labor to Germany or into
concentration camps. Women orc
oeported from their homes IN In
oustrial centers, where they are n,,t
10 work in German-owned factories
Another sword the Nazis hold
over the heads of both rebellious
Germans and non- Germans is ster-
!ilza ton. In cases of INSANITY
leenie-mlndedness or incurable no.
reoltary diseases, sterilization is de-
eleea-and' OF course. it's up to the
Mans to decide who is feeble
minded"
In Poland the Nazis tried to re-.
auce the birthrate by decreeine that
poiish women cannot marry before
90 ana Polish men not before 28
AS result many couples married
secretly IN church and waited until
the legal age for . civil ceremony,
Inc Nazis retaliated by decreeing
tnat children by such marriages
were illegitimate; the mothers were
imprisoned and the children shipped
on to an unknown destination in
Germany.
Killers means Of encouraging the