From Nurturing the Nation to Purifying the Volk: Weimar and Nazi Family Policy, 1918-1945Fearing that the future of the nation was at stake following the First World War, German policymakers vastly expanded social welfare programs to shore up women and families. Just over a decade later, the Nazis seized control of the state and created a radically different, racially driven gender and family policy. This book explores Weimar and Nazi policy to highlight the fundamental, far reaching change wrought by the Nazis and the disparity between