WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hitler encourages Germans to have multiple children with the Mother’s Cross. 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-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: -To encourage German women to produce more children, they were given Honour awards-bronze cross was given for four children, a silver cross for six and gold for eight or more children.

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.