Reichsbund der Kinderreichen

The Imperial Federation of rich kids in Germany for the Protection of Family eV ( FoW ) was founded in 1922 as interest and self-help organization for families with children. It existed until the end of National Socialism.

Weimar Republic

Founded in 1922, the FoW understood as a politically and religiously independent self-help organization. He distanced himself from welfare organizations and provided advice on practical help for self-help. Included were families in which was officially confirmed that they had at least four children, and widows with at least three children.

Days Citizenship main demands were to improve maternity protection, the introduction of a family wage and child allowances, tax breaks, the preferential allocation of sufficient living space as well as school fees and learning material. Nestled were these demands in general notions of "Preserving the People's inventory " ( Weimar Program, 1923), which was under threat, with connection points to Weimar eugenics and racial hygiene discourse.

A stronger approach to racial hygiene items and finally adoption of eugenics as a fundamental concept took place already by the end of the 1920s. Under the influence of those considered " moderate" eugenicist Hermann Muckermann, Friedrich Burgdorfer and Alfred Grotjahn, and with the active cooperation of the eugenicist Rainer Fetscherplatz, Philateles Kuhn and Emil Abderhalden of RdK shifted from 1930 its editorial on the need for " care and maintenance the genetically healthy family with many children. "

The Jesuit Hermann Muckermann and the social democrat Alfred Grotjahn were members of the Society for Racial Hygiene. In a meeting of the National Association of Bavaria RdK Muckermann criticized 1930, the state social policy. It brings about the decline of " genetically healthy " families, because they care for the " inferior" invest their funds. So they accelerated the "process of Thither Siechens of genetically healthy family." Grotjahn also advocated an increased birth rate of " genetically healthy " one. , He also saw a population- political danger. " All historically significant peoples, all Mr. peoples and straight from them the warlike emerged " were. " to a lack of offspring perished " the " forced sterilization of racial hygiene indication " seemed an appropriate way in the fight against - imaginary - progressive disease of the " body politic ".

The FoW decreed against this background, a good relationship not only to ethnic rights but also to the center or to the Bavarian People's Party.

As an exemplary breakdown, however, the district winner country, with 45 local groups (1931 ) largest district, shall apply. The RKD has been conducted there since 1925 of a National Socialist and got along well before the seizure of power as a supporter and propagandist of Nazi population and family policy.

National Socialism

In National Socialism learned the FoW generous support and national recognition. He was affiliated to the Race Policy Office of the Nazi Party and member of the Reich Committee for Public Health Services, affiliated to the Ministry of the Interior. The conductor Wilhelm Reich Federal Stüwe described him in 1936 as "Front of genetically healthy German families with many children " and " League of Struggle, who wants to wear Nazi thinking in the people. " The FoW propagated the " biological regeneration of our people ," the title of a programmatic writing of the kingdom conductor.

For marginalized children underlayer families as they were in view at that time as " anti-social ", he did not put one up, took rather the " unconditional, sharp protruding separation of the Hereditary Diseases, loaded morally or in any other way, so inferior extended family " in favor of "selection of German blood genetically healthy, so full of large families. " Here lies through resource extraction in a resource grant and in the other case, the " prerequisite for any solution of the rich kids question ". It was "a covenant of struggle and selection." When not " German blood " were Jewish or Roma families in principle not only outside any promotion, they were "inferior " and the " body politic " dangerous objects negative " selection."

In the later 1930s, the FoW named in Reichsbund German family around.

After the end of National Socialism

From the FoW or the Reichsbund German family emerged after the end of National Socialism, the covenant with many children and young families in Germany eV (BKD ), who in 1970 eV, which was founded in Munich in 1950 by German Family Association merged. The DFV is politically as religiously unbound and sees itself as a lobby for families in Germany and already the FoW at its inception in 1922, the BKD.