from memory:
hitler and the new government wanted to reverse the inclusion of women in the workplace and encourage large families. To this end, they offered a loan of 4,000 Deutsch marks to any German woman who willingly left the workforce to get married to a German male and produced a child within 2 years. for each child produced within 5 years, 1,000 Deutsch marks would be forgiven from the loan. after the 4th child the loan was completely forgiven.
This had the effect of creating a labor shortage as women jumped at this chance for money and spent it on child cribs, down payments on a house, and a savings of which most germans had never had in their families history. Surviving records show less than 1% of women who took this loan has to repay more than 1,000 Deutsch marks, and 0.5% had to stop at 2 children due to medical complications. when this was listed as a certified condition presented to the government, the remaining loan was often forgiven in secret so long as they kept silent about the forgiveness. For society to return to the natural state, everyone in germany must believe a family unit is the best form of perfection to strive towards.
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