1.4 Changes in socioty Flashcards
what changes were there to unemployment (1924-29)?
unemployment reduced. (1926 was 2 million, 1928 only 1.3 million)
in 1927 unemployment inssurance act charrged over 16 million workers 3% of wages in return for 60 marks per week in unemployent, aswell as sick benafits
what changes were there to work and wages (1924-29)?
Work week had shortened (from 1925 to 1927, shortened by 4 hours)
and wages rose by 25 from 1925 to 1928
what changes were there to housing (1924-29)?
more houses were built
(1925) 15% rent tax helped fund building of new houses. Resulting private companies building 37,00 new homes and new building associations build 64000 homes by 1929
how did education improve in (1924-29)?
young poeples aspirations were more often met. in 1928 the amount of students in higher education had increased to 110000 from first world war
What were the changes for women in the weimer republic?
-Politics: women given right to vote (1918), article 109 stated; women and men has equal rights, marriage equal and women can get any job
-WorkLife: paid 33% less than men, expected to give up work once married, made progress in medicine profession doctors rose from2500 to 5000 between 1925 and 1932.(36% women at work)
-Leisure: greater financial dependence, became ‘new women’ who had short hair, smoked, and liberal sexual attitudes. this caused birth rate to fall, only 80 births per year in 1925. increased divorce, from 27 per 100,000 to 60 per 100,000
how was society divided from the the changes in women attitudes in the Weimer republic?
-some women felt freedom. Others found change a daunting challenge
-some accepted women role changes. whilst some men though ‘new women’ threatened mens role
-traditionalist/conservatives complained that women should be mothers. instead of challenge patriarchy
-blamed economic instability in germany, upsetting labour market
what cultural changes were there in art for weimer republic?
Art was expressionist, painted which was very critical on german society. Like painter Otto Dix.
Otto Dix work included falling standards in behaviour in German night life
what cultural changes were there in architecture for weimer republic?
Desighns involved futuristic look.
(Erich mendelsohn, influenced by Buahuas school, designed einstein tower that looked like a futuristic rocket)
what cultural changes were there in cinemas for weimer republic?
films became more popular. Germany created the world first horror film, directed by Fritz lang in 1926. by 193o sound was in cinema, and by 1932, 3800 cinemas showed fil with sound.
why was there opposition towards arts in weimer republic?
left wingers KPD said funding money spent on extravagance, not helping poeple
Right wingers, nationalists like nazis though it undermined traditional values
