Hence, morality and fitness are linked in this way too to be free of physical deformities is to be free of moral ones as well. Because she is a symbol of racial-and therefore moral-purity, her athletic ensemble, the ball she holds, and even the platform beneath her feet are pure white.
The demonization of the disabled body stems from the perspective of “ Social Darwinism and its idea of a threatening degeneration” (Bengtsson 421), which became the driving force behind the Nazi Euthanasia Program, known as Aktion T4.
Her stance is depicted as strong and her figure immaculate, emphasizing the importance of the able-rather than disabled-body, i.e. The porcelain figure encapsulates the perfect woman as imagined by Nazi ideology: blonde, blue-eyed, and therefore easily categorizable as Aryan. This Winterhilfswerk Booklet is one of many items a donor could have received after making a donation. The WHW itself was established in the winter of 1933 by Joseph Goebbels, largely as a way of stirring up a sense of collective responsibility, after which it became a yearly event (Unger 136). But, of course, such charitable acts came at the cost of those deemed unworthy of altruism or even basic human rights-those same cared-for refugees were housed “where the occupying German force had brutally ejected Poles from their homes, stealing their property along with their livestock and personal possessions” (Lower 35). For example, young female recruits were sent to the East where many “cared for and educated ethnic German refugees who streamed from Romania and Ukraine into…Poland” (Lower 35). The “Soldatenlieder” Winterhilfswerk Booklet is an example of propaganda given as a token of gratitude after a donation, though these donations were directed only toward those who qualified according to Nazi ideology, and this was true for virtually all such altruistic exploits (not just those directly associated with the WHW). The Winterhilfswerk (WHW) was one of its charity initiatives “from its annual collection campaigns placed considerable of money and…consumer goods at the disposal of party-sponsored welfare distribution” (Unger 134). The second artefact was created by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV), a welfare organization whose stated goal was to provide aid to those in need under the Reich. objects which reflected a glorified, fictionalized image of the ideal German citizen and evoked this aforementioned national pride-were created. It is no surprise, then, that such memorabilia-i.e.
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Wade further posits that this sense of national identity requires “us to believe in a series of fictions” (80) which support some political agenda or ideology that places the nation and its people above all others. Nationalism is often reinforced through sporting events such as the Olympics because they “ask us to identify with…our national team” (Wade 81), which allows the average citizen to develop a sense of community and cultural identity. The Porcelain Figurine of Aryan Woman is a collector’s item which was produced by Porzellanfabrik Schaubach Kunst (Porcelain Factory Schaubach Kunst), perhaps with the intention of reflecting these two popular topics in order to gain mass appeal. It is likely that the production of such items was particularly lucrative, as they would have appealed to both the rising admiration of the Nazi Party (byname of National Socialist German Workers’ Party NSDAP) and the sense of nationalism that often accompanies sporting events such as the Olympics, two aspects of German society which would have been at the forefront of public consciousness at the time. The Porcelain Figurine of Aryan Woman can be dated within the year 1936, during which the Winter Olympics took place in Berlin. This German-language paper booklet was in print from 1933-1945, with the intent of acquiring continual donations for the NSV and distributing them to those in need. It falls under the Nazism and propaganda, as well as publications and ephemera genres. The second artefact is the “Soldatenlieder” Winterhilfswerk Booklet, (Winter Relief of the German People) which was published by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare, henceforth NSV) in Germany. It is likely to have been created around 1936 in preparation for the Berlin Olympic Games as an example of the archetypal woman under the Reich. This figure falls under the Nazism and propaganda, as well as sports and recreation genres. The first artefact is titled Porcelain Figurine of Aryan Woman, which was manufactured by Porzellanfabrik Schaubach Kunst, a porcelain factory in Germany. Fascist Façades: Charity, Superiority, and Volksgemeinschaft Under the Reich
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