Background: Getrud Scholtz-Klink was the head of the Nazi
women’s organization. A model Nazi woman, she had six children
by her first marriage and a seventh by her third, and remained
an unrepentant National Socialist after the war. In this speech
delivered at the 1938 Nuremberg rally, she speaks of her group’s
activities and wanders into rather murky philosophy. The source:
Tradition heißt nicht Stillstand sondern Verpflichtung.
Frauenkundgebung Reichsparteitag Großdeutschland 1938 (Berlin:
Deutsche Frauenwerk, 1938). Tradition Does Not Mean Stagnation,
But Rather Obligation True faith has always demanded the effort
and the devotion of the individual. — Gertrud Scholtz-Klink —
For the fifth time since the takeover of power, we women gather
at the Reich Party Rally — and after only five brief years in
German history, our Führer has brought German Austria home,
despite all the difficulties we faced. We welcome those women
here today no longer as our secret guests, but as our equals. We
Germans can thank fate e