"Fernehe", "Leichentrauung" und "Totenscheidung" Metamorphosen des Eherechts im Dritten Reich
The Nazi regime did not invalidate the legal institution of marriage in its "bourgeois" form, yet set out to undermine it step by step. Although Hitler refused to grant equal status to illegitimate children, he did see fit to extend marriage rights to the "worthy" dead. At the be...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte |
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1996
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The Nazi regime did not invalidate the legal institution of marriage in its "bourgeois" form, yet set out to undermine it step by step. Although Hitler refused to grant equal status to illegitimate children, he did see fit to extend marriage rights to the "worthy" dead. At the beginning of the war, "marriage from afar" (Ferntrauung) was introduced to favour soldiers who could not return from the front to wed. Sometimes, these men had died by the time the ceremony took place at home. Gradually, "posthumous matrimony" (nachträgliche Eheschließung), commonly called "corpse wedding", found official recognition. In November 1941, a "secret" decree by the Führer allowed German women to marry a "fallen hero" of the Wehrmacht. As the war dragged on, the demand for such marriages grew markedly while the number of casualties - and of children born out of wedlock - increased. In this article, "marriage with the dead" - which some officials hoped to replace by polygyny after the "final victory" - is examined as an important aspect of Nazi policy. (Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte / FUB) |
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| Beschreibung: | zahlr. Lit.Hinw. |
| ISSN: | 0042-5702 |