Chapter 13 Flashcards
Revision
Volskgemeinschaft
People’s Community based on racial, social behaviour, ethnicity.
Three policies towards young people.
Schools- Nazis had control over curriculum and issued textbooks that were appropriate for Nazi ideology. Religious studies replaced was more German history.
Youth groups- Post 1933 only Nazi youth groups were only legal, 1936 catholic groups were banned. education was based political indoctrination, PE and military drills.
League of German Girls (BDM)- prepared girls for their future role as housewives and mothers, membership compulsory in 1936.
Degree of success for polices of young people.
Considerable success- regime managed to have full control over the future generation by 1939, compulsory membership ship of HY and BDM.
Weakness- attendance at HY meeting slip after 1936 and young people still had the desire to be independent, re-emergence of youth cliques.
Three policies towards Women.
Marriage loans- paid if they left paying employment to marry an aryan man.
Medal scheme- women who had larger families given medal as they were donating to the fuhrer.
Healthy lifestyle- give up toxic substances such as alcohol and smoking, eat healthy, exercise.
Degree of success for policies of women.
Raising birth rate success-increase of birth as it encouraged couples to have more children, money and awards were given.
Employment issues- post 1936 labour shortages called for more women to join the work force instead, foreshadowing of WW2.
Two policies towards workers.
DAF (Robert Ley)- replaced trade unions (May 1933) , only legal organisation representing workers. Built empire with banks, housing, construction, Volkswagen car plant.
KDF- strength through Joy, offered holidays and leisure activities for workers, very popular.
Degree of success of policies for workers.
Strength through Joy- big success and membership increased.
Strikes continued- lack of independent trade unions so strikes still happened, pressure to hold down wages and performance from workers.
Three policies towards churches.
The Reich Church- 1933 coordinated German Evangelical Church into Reich church, Ludwig Muller. Embraced Nazi and nationalist views. CC was made as a breakaway by dissent pastors, wanted traditional worship.
Roman Churches- harder target as they had strong dedication to the pope. Concordat 1933 each side wouldn’t interfere in other’s ideas. Wasn’t held up by Nazis, Catholic youth banned 1936.
Degree of success of policies for Churches.
Inconsistent- Nazis failed to establish a single, united protestant church and religion was still a main enemy of Nazi power.
Some success- Church concession campaign 5% renounced their membership to churches.
Nazi racial ideology
Considered them biological outsiders who threaten the racial purity of the Aryan race. Must get rid of the weakest links in society (survival of the fittest, social Darwinism).
