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4. How did the Nazis Attempt Economic Recovery (1934-1945)? Flashcards

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40% of what had declined by 1932?

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40% of industrial production

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Why was it significant that the industrial production of Germany declined?

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Majority of Germany’s economy came from industry

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What fraction of the German workforce was unemployed by 1932?

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1/3

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Who wasn’t included in the unemployment stats of 1932?

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Women, particularly married women

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How many major banks collapsed by 1932?

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How many Germans were unemployed by 1933?

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8 million

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What temporarily let Germany off paying ToV reparations to enable economic recovery?

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1931 Hoover Moratorium
1932 Lausanne Conference

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What aspect of von Schleicher and von Papen’s leadership did Hitler keep when he came to power?

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Work creation programmes

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What had began to level out by late 1932, making January 1933 a good moment for Hitler to come to power?

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Economic crisis of the Great Depression

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What was the improving economic situation of Germany by late 1932 shown by?

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Shown by the sought reduction of Nazi support in the Reichstag in late 1932

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Economic promise made by Nazis in their electoral campaign: Nazi slogan promised to German citizens

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Nazis promised German citizens “work and bread”, hoping to spread message of reducing unemployment

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Economic promise made by Nazis in their electoral campaign: what the Nazis wanted in the short term

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Economic recovery

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Economic promise made by Nazis in their electoral campaign: 3 things the Nazis wanted in the long term

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Autarky
Ersatz
War

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Autarky

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Economic self-efficiency without need to rely on imports in any area of life such as food, petrol and electricity

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Ersatz

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Replacement of goods, often of interior quality

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Three stages of Nazi economic policy

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Economic refival
Preparation for war
Wartime recovery

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Period of economic revival

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1933-36

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Period of preparation for war

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1936-39

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Period of wartime economy

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1939-45

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Who was Nazi economic revival under?

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Schacht

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Who was Schacht?

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A non-Nazi German economist/banker

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What was the preparation of war called?

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The Four Year Plan

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What schemes did the Nazis introduce to give work to the unemployed?

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Public spending schemes

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4 policies of the First Four Year Plan

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The “Battle of Work”
The “New Plan”
Mefo Bills
Big Business

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What did the “Battle of Work” involve reducing?
Involved reducing unemployment following the GD
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What did the “Battle of Work” involve large amounts of money being spent on?
Involved large amounts of money being spent on the building of public services (e.g. roads)
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What did the “Battle of Work” stimulate? How?
Stimulated industrial protection by loans and tax relief from private companies
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3 examples of the “Battle of Work”
Autobahns Reich Labour Service 1935 Military conscription
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Autobahns
Motorways
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Reich Labour Service
Unemployed men compelled to do 6 months labour in farming or construction
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What did the “Battle of Work” help to reduce? (Strength)
Unemployment
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Limitations of the “Battle of Work”
Economic recovery had already begun before Nazis took power Part of reduction of unemployment achieved by persuading married women to give up employment for men
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What did the “New Plan” involve controls being put on?
Involved controls being put on: -Wages and prices -Access to foreign currency
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What did Schacht initiate under the “New Plan”?
A series of trade agreements with foreign countries
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What was Germany supplied with by the trade agreements with foreign countries?
Food and raw materials
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On paper what did the “New Plan” bring about?
On paper it bought about economic revival
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What was a negative consequence of the “New Plan”?
Food shortages caused by export import programme
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Due to the “New Plan” what was the government’s spending dilemma?
Whether to spend money on food or rearmament
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Who introduced Mefo Bills?
Schacht
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Why were Mefo Bills introduced?
Because the Nazis needed to borrow money to finance rearmament, while avoiding dangers of inflation
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What were Mefo Bills used to do?
Used for government to pay for its military equipment
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What could Mefo Bills be exchanged for?
Cash
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Strength of Mefo Bills
Rearmament programme could be kept secret since expenditure didn’t appear on government account
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Were Mefo Bills a short or long term fix?
Short term
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What did the big business policy involve?
Attempts to stimulate big business in order to stimulate economy
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What were given to businesses to encourage them to take on more workers?
Subsidies
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Subsidies
Contribution of money
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What did the results of the Four Year Plan not match?
The claims of propaganda
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By 1939, what fraction of German raw materials were imported?
1/3
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What didn’t Germany have to achieve the regime’s aims of the Four Year Plan?
Germany didn’t have resources
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Germany’s economy by 1939
Under severe strain
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By mid-1936 what happened to unemployment?
It had fallen to 1.5 million
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By mid-1936 what happened to industrial production?
It had increased by 60% since 1933
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What did Schacht oppose? What did this result in?
He opposed the Nazi Policy of Autarky, resulting in him losing his influence after 1936
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Who replaced Schacht?
Goering
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What caused Schacht to resign?
Schacht felt that the promotion of Goering (less experiences and less responsible than himself) undermined him
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What did Goering introduce in 1936?
The second Four Year Plan (2nd FYP)
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Aims of Goering’s 2nd FYP
Rearmament Work programmes to keep unemployment low Autarky
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What is a command economy? (Under the 2nd FYP)
An economy controlled by the government
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Ways in which the 2nd FYP would be achieved: economy
Creating a managed economy with tight control
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Ways in which the 2nd FYP would be achieved: targets
Setting production targets
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Ways in which the 2nd FYP would be achieved: industry
Introducing state owned plants
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Example of state owned plant introduced during 2nd FYP
German Goering Steelworks
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Ways in which the 2nd FYP would be achieved: production
Increasing production of key commodities
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Ways in which the 2nd FYP would be achieved: imports
Reducing Germany’s reliance on imports
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“Guns or butter” debate
An economic choice between prioritising rearmament or consumer goods
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Focus of Nazi propaganda from 1936-39 (during 2nd FYP): German items
Persuading people to only buy German goods, eat only German food and only use German raw materials
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Focus of Nazi propaganda from 1936-39 (during 2nd FYP): savings
Persuading Germans to save up more money
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Benefit of Germans saving more for Nazis
Savings would help fund investment in new production facilities
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Focus of Nazi propaganda from 1936-39 (during 2nd FYP): image projected
Projecting image of success of Nazi economic policies
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What did Nazi propaganda exaggerate following the Four Year Plans?
Exaggerated success of Nazi economic policies
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What did Nazi propaganda cover up following the Four Year Plans?
Covered up failures of Nazi economic policies
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Evidence of success of 2nd FYP: success of propaganda
Propaganda was successful during this period as population was persuaded to carry burden of rearmament programme, without mass opposition
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Evidence of success of 2nd FYP: production expanse
Production of key materials expanded
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Evidence of failure of 2nd FYP: arms production
Arms production never reached satisfactory level
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Evidence of failure of 2nd FYP: imports
1/3 of Germany’s raw materials were imported
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Success of 2nd FYP: how were farmers helped?
Farmers were helped by increased tariffs on imports and higher prices

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