may 21, 1939 - Mother's Cross
Description:
-incentive for women to have several children-bronze: 4 children, silver: 6, gold: 8
-children + mother had to be Aryan, politically reliable, not asocial, & not have a congenital disease
-aim: increase birth rate (pro-natalist policy), in line with idea of Greater Germany (expansionism to create more Lebensraum for German people - need for population increase to populate conquered land)
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 21, 1939
Now
~ 86 years ago