WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The decoration was conferred from 1939 until 1945 in three classes: bronze, silver, and gold, to Reichsdeutsche mothers who exhibited probity, exemplary motherhood, and who conceived and raised at least four or more children in the role of a parent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nazi government awarded honour crosses to certain mothers: bronze crosses for women who bore four children, silver crosses for women who bore six children, and gold crosses for women who bore eight or more children. Q. A bronze cross was given to German women who bore .

Detailed explanation-3: -The first crosses were presented in 1938 and the last in 1944, by which time approximately 4.7million had been awarded.

Detailed explanation-4: -On August 12, 1938, Adolf Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross, to encourage German women to have more children, to be awarded each year on August 12, Hitler’s mother’s birthday.

Detailed explanation-5: -A mother could be awarded a bronze, silver, or gold cross depending on the number of children she had borne. Eight or more would entitle the woman to a gold cross, six or seven for silver, and four or five for bronze.