1936-09-11 hitler speech (excerpt) about women in the military: 'when i look around the world today, an image from the papers that comes to mind is: a women's regiment in the soviet union practicing sniping. or: a women's battalion in spain performing excercises with hand grenades. or... to proponents of this kind of female equality i can only say: i wouldn't be a man if i tolerated such practices. i went through battle. i know how tough it is. i know how many men's nerves have been shattered by this war. i have seen them return home, often in dozens upon dozens, doddering, utterly ruined and broken. the idea that a girl or a woman should take on such burden i could have no respect for the german men then. either they take responsability for this or they shall resign. as long as we have a healthy male gender, and we national socialists will ensure it, no female grenadiers and sharpshooters will be trained in germany. that's no equality, but in actuality detrimental for women. because it's harder for woman than for man. for her it is much more terrible than for man. i might as well say i'm arming children in future and sending them to war. we won't do that.' full speech with subtitles:   tlersspeechonwomen
Germany