MALE LEADERSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1934, Page 14

MALE LEADERSHIP.

WOMEN IN NAZI GERMANY.

It is curious to hear that a new organisation in- Germany, until recently known under the name of "German Women's Front," was eoine months ago put under the leadership of a man, Landrat Dr. Krummacher. The bulletin published by the International Council of Women also reports that Miss Lydia Gottschewsky, formerly the head of the organisation, would "help and advise him in his new task."

After the turmoil of recent months the difficult position of the women's organisations which still had some existence is stated to have been eolved with the dissolution of- the two groups of organisations established by the Nazi Government and the Minister of the Interior, Dr. Frick, has undertaken the protection of the new organisation, the "Deutsches Frauenwerk," that is the organisation of which Dr. Krummacher becomes the official leader. One of the few women to occupy one of the higher positions in the civil service, Mrs. Siber, has been appointed vice-chairman. What eoeieties belong to this organisation? It still seems a little difficult to say, but among the organisations grouped under the "Deutsche Frauenfront," as originally organised, were the feminine groups affiliated with the local branches of the National Socialist party, and such other organisations as the housewives' associations, the Red Cross Aseociation, the University Women's Association, the Societies of Woman Secretaries and Clerks and the Woman Functionaries and Technical Teachers' Associations, as well as others of like nature.