Nazi authorities attempted to reproduce such conditions on farms, ordering farmers to integrate the workers into their workforce while enforcing total social separation, including not permitting them to eat at the same table, but this proved far more difficult to enforce.[25] Sexual relationships in particular were able to take place despite efforts to raise German women's "racial consciousness".[26] When Germany's military situation worsened, these workers' conditions often improved as the farmers tried to protect themselves against a defeat.[27]