German Women in Nazism Ideology: An Examination on "NS-Frauen-Warte" Propaganda Magazine

The Nazism ideology idealized German women as a good mother, a good wife and a good patriot. The Nazis effectively used propaganda for the German young girls to be shaped in line with the Nazism ideology by effectively using the mass media tools. One of the most effective propaganda weapons used by Nazi propaganda in this process was the German women's magazine "NS-Frauen-Warte", which was periodically published under the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party). The Nazis intended to influence German women through written and visual codes in the magazine. In this study, how and in what direction the NS-Frauen-Warte magazine infused the Nazism ideology to German women. For this purpose, 6 cover images (German Mother, German Family, German Sportswoman, German Farmer, German Nurse, German Worker) of NS-Frauen-Warte, which was determined by Calvin College in the study, was examined by using the semiotic analysis method in qualitative research methods. The cover images were analyzed in the light of the semiotics perceptivity of the French Linguist Roland Barthes. According to the findings, it was found that German women were presented as a good mother, a good athlete and a good wife before the war; as a good patriot who fought for Nazi Germany during the war in the propaganda magazine. It is aimed to impose Nazism ideology on German women via posters