Acts and laws Flashcards
The Law for the encouragment of marriage.
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933
WHY
To encourage marriage and childbirth.
WHAT
- Loans up to 1,000 marks, about 8 months’ wages, are provided to young couples to encourage them to marry.
- For every child the couple had after that, 1/4 of the loan was written off.
WHO
Women, and young couples.
DIvorce Laws
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1938
WHY
Nazis changed divorce laws to encourage childbirth.
WHAT
If a wife could not or would not have children, or had an abortion, this could be used as grounds for divorce by the husband.
WHO
Women.
Mothers Cross.
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
The 1930s
WHY
to encourage childbirth.
WHAT An award that was given to women for the number of children they had. -Bronze: 4-5 children. -Silver: 6-7 children -Gold: Eight children.
WHO
Women.
Lebensborn Programme
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1935
WHY
To encourage childbirth.
WHAT
- At first, a policy only provided nurseries and financials to women who had children with the SS.
- This changed in 1938, encouraging single women to breed with SS men.
- This was meant to create ‘genetically pure’ children for worthy German Families.
WHO
Women.
Labour Service (RAD)
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933
WHY
To provide paid work for the unemployed.
WHAT
Provided workers for public works, such as repairing roads, planting trees, and draining marshes.
Made compulsory for all young men to serve 6 months in 1935.
WHO
Men who needed work.
Benefited Germany on the whole.
Autobahn project
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
September 1933
WHY
To reduce unemployment by employing men in the construction of a 7,000-mile network of dual carriage way roads to improve transport around Germany.
WHAT
The construction of a 7,000-mile network of dual carriageway roads to improve transport around Germany.
It is just 1 example of a huge number of public works schemes financed by the Nazis.
WHO
- Created many jobs in the construction industry.
- Better roads and bridges meant quicker and cheaper transport for German industry and Agriculture.
- Helped boost the sale of German goods home and abroad.
Rearmament
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933 till the end of the war.
WHY
- To equip the military with new supplies and equipment.
- To create new jobs in the arms industry.
WHAT
- 1935, Military conscription.
- Number of people in the military increased
- More need for arms and equipment.
- caused a big jump in employment in the arms industry.
WHO
- People who had to serve military conscription.
- The unemployed.
The Labour Front (DAF)
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933
WHY
- To replace trade unions, and protect the rights of workers.
- This was because Hilter had banned trade unions as he believed that trade unions supported the communists.
- He also thought they disrupted the economy by having strikes.
WHAT
It aimed to:
-Protect the rights of workers in the workplace.
-set a maximum length of the working week.
-set minimum pay levels.
WHO
German workers, in a way they were worse off than they were under trade unions due to:
-Workers lost the right to negotiate their pay with their employers.
-The maximum length of the working week went up by 6 hours.
-The Labour front had the power to punish workers who disrupted production.
Strength through joy (KdF)
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933
WHY
- To settle the unrest in the German workers who were upset about the ban of the trade unions.
- To make the benefits of work more enjoyable.
- So Germans would see work as a way to a happy life, as well as making the nation stronger.
WHAT
- A division of the labor front.
- Provided leisure activities:
- Sports, Lectures, Theatre performances, museum tours, hikes, holidays, and cruises.
WHO
Wokers.
Volkswagen - the ‘Peoples car’
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
The 1930s
WHY
To make a car that the average German could afford.
WHAT
- A scheme for workers run by strength through joy (KdF).
- A car for 4 people would travel 40 miles to the gallon and which the average German could afford.
- Designed by Volkswagen.
- Workers were encouraged to give 5 marks of their salary every week, which would eventually entitle them to their car.
WHO
- Workers.
- 1938: factories switched to the production of armaments, so no workers ever saw their money on the Volkswagen.
The beauty of Labour (SdA)
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933
WHY
To improve the standard of living of German workers.
WHAT
- Campaigned to get employers to provide better facilities for workers, like better toilets, changing rooms, showers, and canteens.
- SdA gave employers tax breaks to help with the building and decorating costs.
WHO
Workers:
1938, 34,000 companies claimed to have improved their facilities.
EMployers expected workers to do the building and decorating themselves, after hours and unpaid.
The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
1933
WHY
Because the Nazis believed that people with disabilities were a burden on society and weakened racial purity.
WHAT
This made it compulsory for them to be sterilized if they were mentally ill, alcoholic, deformed, epileptic, deaf, or blind.
WHO
The 400,000 people who were sterilized, using surgical operations, by 1939.
T4 Programme
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
`1939
WHY
Because the Nazis believed that people with disabilities were a burden on society and weakened racial purity.
WHAT
Nazis ordered babies with severe mental and physical disabilities should be killed by starvation or lethal overdose of drugs.
Eventually, Juveniles up to 17 were included.
WHO
The 5,000 children were killed this way.
The Reich Law of German Citizenship
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
September 1935
WHY
To persecute Jews.
WHAT
- Stated that only those of German blood could be German citizens.
- Jews became German ‘subjects”, not citizens.
- Jews lost the right to vote and the right to hold Government office or German passports.
- They were required to wear a yellow star-shaped patch on their clothes, so German ‘citizens’ could easily recognize them.
WHO
Jews.
The Reich Law for the Protection of German Blood and honor
When?
Why?
What?
Who did it affect?
WHEN
September 1935
WHY
To prevent Jews and German ‘citizens’ from mixing.
WHAT
- Forbade Jews from marrying German citizens.
- Forbade sexual relations between Jews and German citizens.
WHO
Jews and people in relationships with Jews.
