Employment and Work in Nazi Germany Flashcards
1
Q
how many people were unemployed in 1933?
A
over 6 million
2
Q
how many people were unemployed in 1934?
A
3.3 million
3
Q
how many people were unemployed in 1939?
A
300,000
4
Q
how did the nazis appear to have no unemployment?
A
- all jewish people sacked
- women lost their jobs
- part-time work was counted as full
- world economy had also recovered (not just hitler’s effect)
5
Q
what was the DAF?
A
German Labour Front - a new centralised Nazi ‘trade union’
6
Q
what were the 2 schemes under the DAF?
A
SDA (beauty of labour) and KDF (strength through joy)
7
Q
what did the DAF control?
A
workers’ rights and working conditions eg hours of work, rate of pay, striked were illegal, people needed permission to quit their jobs
8
Q
what did the SDA do?
A
- beauty of labour scheme
- campaigned for improved cleanliness, better hygiene, proper work attire, changing rooms, lockers, better air, less noise in factories, installed new washrooms, better lighting and safety equipment, sports facilities
9
Q
what was the purpose of the SDA?
A
- beauty of labour scheme
- gvt could stimulate productivity in the workplace and instil a sense of community and greater cordiality between the gvt and the German population
10
Q
what did the KDF do?
A
- strength through joy scheme
- aimed to give opportunities to working class people for leisure activities usually reserved for the middle classes eg sports facilities or holidays
- relatively popular, and some groups (eg 28,500 workers from Siemens in Berlin) able to take a holiday but were still too expensive for some
- smaller incentives (eg free theatre tickets/subsidized day trips) much more common.
11
Q
what was the purpose of the KDF?
A
- strength through joy scheme
- organised leisure activities to encourage hard work
- helped to convince workers to believe in the benefits of the Nazi ideal of working towards the greater Volksgemeinschaft, in spite of the growing control
