Thus, the Nazis wanted women to reproduce healthy Aryan children. The Nazis believed that the German people were descended from a 'perfect' Aryan race. 'Aryan people' had blond hair, white skin ...

Marz feels that viewing East German women as having been more emancipated is inaccurate. For her, it is important to ask: what was considered "equal" in the first place? "In the GDR, equality was ...