Economic recovery under the Nazis Flashcards
What key Nazi policy helped reduce unemployment?
Rearmament
Why did rearmament help reduce unemployment?
Not only did it increase the size of the army (creating more jobs) but it also had an impact on other industries (e.g. munitions, people who produced uniforms etc.)
What was the National Labour Service (RAD)?
A scheme that was provided manual labour for men between 18-25. It was compulsory to serve for six months
What was the autobahn?
Motorways
Why was the autobahn relevant to unemployment?
Building autobahns gave Germans jobs
How many kilometres of autobahn were built?
7000km
What was ‘invisible unemployment’?
A method used by the Nazis that meant they didn’t count certain groups in the unemployment figures e.g. - Jews
- those in concentration camps
- women dismissed from or had left their jobs
How did the army change in size between 1933 and 1939?
1933: 100,000
1939: 1.4 million (although numbers vary - certainly at least 900,000)
How much money was spent on producing tanks, aircraft and ships in 1933 and 1939?
1933: 3.5 billion marks
1939: 26 billion marks
How many people were unemployed in 1933?
Approx 5 million
How many people were unemployed by 1939?
Officially 0.5 million (although this didn’t account for the ‘invisible unemployment’)
Who was in charge of the National Labour Service (RAD)?
Dr Hjalmar Schacht
What was the acronym for the National Labour Service
RAD
What sorts of projects did the National Labour Service work on?
Massive public works programmes including:
- 7000km of autobahn (used 80,000 men)
- 1936 Olympic Stadium
What was introduced in 1935 that helped reduce unemployment?
Conscription
