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Kinder, Kirche, Küche KIN-duh KIR-chuh Kyoo-chuh noun German folk saying that suggests the three pillars of a woman's life should be children, church, and the kitchen; a motto adopted by 20th Century German Nazis; literally: children, church, kitchen 1962The Spy Who Loved MeShe was the daughter of a Heidelberg professor of philosophy, and the placid eyes that stared out of the snapshots he showed me, and the gleaming braided hair and trim dirndl, were a living advertisement for 'Kinder, Kirche, Küche.'1998Feminism, Film, Fascism...they demonstrate in diverse ways how the triad of Kinder, Kirche, Küche is politically inflected and enmeshed with the process of understanding the Nazi pastLabels: Ian Fleming, Susan E. Linville
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