Rare Photograph from the First Major Women's Rally of the Nazi Women's League – Nuremberg, 1934

Rare Photograph from the First Major Women's Rally of the Nazi Women's League – Nuremberg, 1934

Rare photograph from the first major women's rally held by the NS-Frauenschaft – the "Nazi Women's League" – the official women's organization of the Nazi Party. Photo: Schostal Agency, Vienna. A hall filled to capacity, with swastika flags in every orner. 

[Nuremberg, 1934].

The back of the photograph contains a detailed caption in German: "Im Auge Gottes fand die erste Frauengrosskundgebung statt, bei der 16 Ortsgruppen vertreten waren. Gesprochen hat im überfüllten Saal Gaufrauenschaftsrednerin PG. Hödl. UBz: Blick in den überfüllten Saal." - "In Gottes, the first major women's rally was held, attended by 16 local groups. The speech was delivered in the overcrowded hall by the regional women's organization representative, PG. Hödl: A view into the packed hall."

The purpose of such rallies was to spread Nazi propaganda among women and reinforce their role in strengthening the "values of the German family" according to Hitler’s ideology, emphasizing the importance of motherhood, discipline, and service to the state.

The NS-Frauenschaft (Nationalsozialistische Frauenschaft, NS-F) was the official women's organization of the Nazi Party, active between 1931 and 1945. Its goal was to define, educate, and influence German women, spreading Nazi messages among women to turn them into loyal supporters of the regime. The organization was led by Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, who was appointed "Reich Women's Leader" (Reichsfrauenführerin) in 1934. By 1938, the league had approximately 2 million members, making up about 40% of the total Nazi Party membership at the time. The NS-Frauenschaft was divided into regional and local units to ensure control over every women's community under Nazi ideology. Among its activities, it recruited women for agricultural work to compensate for the absence of men drafted into the front. Many of the organization’s members served in Nazi welfare and administrative systems, and some were directly or indirectly involved in Nazi racial policies, including the oversight of Jewish and displaced women. With the fall of the Third Reich in 1945, the NS-Frauenschaft was officially disbanded. Its leadership, including Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, was arrested but not severely punished. The organization’s role in the oppression of women and its participation in Nazi propaganda remains a subject of historical research to this day.

18x13 cm. Very good condition.