Deutsches Frauenwerk

The Deutsches Frauenwerk (DFW) was a National Socialist Association for German women. It was created in October 1933.

Membership badge of the Deutsches Frauenwerk

Letter of acceptance

History

Alongside the NS-Frauenschaft, it served as a rallying point for former members of the women's associations of the Weimar Republic. These included nationalist and conservative-oriented women's associations such as the Bund Königin Luise, the Evangelisches Frauenwerk, the Sisterhood of the German Red Cross, and the Reich League of German Housewives. Approximately 1.7 million German women were organized in the DFW, and about 2.3 million in the NS-Frauenschaft.

See also

• League of German Girls
• Cross of Honour of the German Mother
• Women in Nazi Germany

References

• Stefan Schnurr: Sozialpädagogen im Nationalsozialismus. Eine Fallstudie zur sozialpädagogischen Bewegung im Übergang zum NS-Staat. Juventa, Weinheim 1997 ISBN 3779912058
• Frauengruppe Faschismusforschung: Mutterkreuz und Arbeitsbuch. Zur Geschichte der Frauen in der Weimarer Republik und im Nationalsozialismus. Fischer TB, Frankfurt 1981, 1988 ISBN 3596237181