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How many unemployed 1932 and 1938

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1932: 5.6 million
1938: 0.4 million

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Who joined the RAD and what did they have to do

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All men aged 18-25 had to spend 6 months planting forests, mended hedges and dug ditches on farms

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What were they given in the RAD

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Free meals and only pocket money, had to wear uniforms and live in camps. Had no option but to join otherwise they wouldn’t receive their unemployment benefit

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Motorway scheme

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In June 1933 hitler wanted to build 7000km of autobahen to link German towns and cities, gave jobs to 100,000 people part of the DAF headed by Dr Robert Ley

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Who organised many of these schemes

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German labour front (used to be trade union)cultivated

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Conscription

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In 1935 all men aged 18-25 had to join the armed forces for 2 years to rebuild the armed forces that had been taken away from them in treaty

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How much did the army grow by

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100,000 in 1933 to 1.4 million in 1939

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Chemical, coal, oil, iron, steel and iron-ore production between 1933 and 1939

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Chemical and coal doubled
Oil, iron and steel trebled
Iron-ore increase by 500%
This made factory owners very rich

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Why did small businesses support the nazis

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Small businessmen, shopkeepers and self-employed craftsmen supported the nazis because they promised them much

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What happened to department stores

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Nazis passed a law to ban new department stores and stop existing ones growing to enable craftsmen to control their trade

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Who weren’t included in unemployment figures

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Jews who’d been dismissed from jobs (all after they were not longer German citizens)
Women who’d left work with financial offers from the state
Anyone in concentration camps

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Minister of economics

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Hiamlar Schacht was appointed as soon as hitler became chancellor

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What did Schacht do

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He bought raw goods from other countries which was expensive. He signed deals with South America and south-east Europe to get materials in return for German goods

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What was the result of Schachts plan

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Went well for short time but after the exchanges were happening too slowly so he was sacked

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Who replaced Scacht and what was his plan

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Herman Goering in 1936 introduced the four year plan to increase military production which created more jobs in factories etc.

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What was the result of the four year plan

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Targets weren’t met in oil production and Germany still weren’t ready for the war it would become involved in from 1939

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What was self-sufficiency

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Nazis wanted Germany to stop trading with other countries and rely on own resources so would have to find alternate options for the goods they could no longer find

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What did the lack of goods mean

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It was impossible to have total self-sufficiency so it meant that Hitler had to invade other countries to get the goods

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Nazis and the farmers positive

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Farmers turned to Hitler because he promised to help and he needed them
He rewarded them by reducing taxes and guaranteed their land if they went into debt
Farmers welcome the law because it meant their farm would be secure for generations

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Nazis and the farmers negative

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Each hen had to lay 65 eggs per year

Laws stopped farmers from dividing up land to children meaning there children werent allowed to inherit land

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How much of the population were involved in agriculture

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Around 30% of the population were involved in agriculture

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First few years of the war

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During first few years they were doing well. 1940 Hitler defeated 6 European countries and goods from conquered countries were sent to Germany

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Later parts of the war

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In 1941 hitler attacked Russia but because it was so cold their guns froze and were forced to stop
Russian army began to push them back to Germany

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Battle at Stalingrad

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Over 80,000 Germans died and 90,000 surrendered

When America joined Britain it was clear they were doomed by 1944

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Rationing

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Sacrifices were made for the soldiers by November 1939 food and clothing were rationed
Limited to 1 egg per week

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Armaments minister

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Albert Speer made armaments minster in 1942 and prepared the country for total war meaning everything was focused on making weapons and growing food for soldiers

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TOTAL WAR

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Anything that didn’t contribute to the war was closed down
Factories stayed open longer
By 1944 7 million workers were brought in from countries Germany had conquered to work as slave labour in the factories

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Bombing

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From 1942 Britain and America bombed cities meaning no electricity, water or transport causing people to look for safe palaces as refugees
Thousands of deaths

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Use of radio

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There were more radios in Germany than people and hitler made broadcasts which were listened to at workforces, pupils and families

30
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Control of the arts

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Works of 2500 writers were banned and SA burned millions of books. Jewish composers weren’t allowed to be played
Nazis disapproved of most forms of modern art

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Control of the universities

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The government interfered with scientific research in unis

Several physicist fled from the country in the 30s e.g. Albert Einstein.

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Control of the press

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All newspapers come from nazi approved agencies and journalists were told what to write in their articles

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Rallies

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1936 Berlin Olympics were used for propaganda by attempting to prove the superiority of the master race. Only partly successful because of the black athletes taking part

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Two organisations within DAF

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The beauty of labour

Strength through joy

35
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The cost

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All had human rights reduced, many sent to camps, arrested, mistreated and or executed

36
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School systems under Nazi control

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Use it indoctrinate the youth.
‘Knowledge is to ruin my men’
Boys did chemistry girls had sex education
In history French were seen as enemy and textbooks were rewritten

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Teachers

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Forced to have training and had to put Nazi ideas in their lessons. They had to be part of the German teachers league

38
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When were women in top jobs sacked

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1933

39
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When was the German woman’s league set up and what was it

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1933 and was set up to coordinate all women’s group under nazi control. By 1939 had 6 million members

40
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What happened in 1935 to women in nazi germany

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Marriage law required certificate of ‘fitness to marry’ before marriage licence issued
Blood protection law- marriage to Jews, black people and gypsies was forbidden

41
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How may births in 1933

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970,000

42
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How many births in 1939

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1.4 million

43
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Mothers cross

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Gold-8
Silver-6
Bronze-4

44
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Law for the encouragement of marriage

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Newly weds got a government loan of 1000 marks which encouraged them to have more children

45
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How were germanys christians divided

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1/3 Catholics

2/3 Protestants

46
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Why did some christians support Hitler

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Nazis said they believed in the importance of marriage, the family and moral values.
Christians feared communism
Hitler promised to respect the Catholic Church

47
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Nazis and the Catholic Church

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At first he cooperated (concordat) but felt that they looked up to the pope more than him so he arrested catholic priests and closed down catholic youth clubs and schools

48
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What statement did the pope release about hitler

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In 1937 he issued a statement ‘with burning anxiety’ saying the Nazis were ‘hostile to christ’

49
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Nazis and the Protestant church

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Some wanted to see their church under nazi control and these were known as ‘German Christian’s’ their leader was Ludwig Müller who became first Reich bishop in September 1933

50
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Nazis and other religious groups

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1/3 Jehova whiteness were killed because they refused to join the army

51
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What were the Edelweiss pirates and what did they do

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Started 1936 after Nazi youth obligation stepped up
Collection of rebel groups across country by listening to jazz music
Thought responsible for anti-Nazi graffiti and British anti-Nazi propaganda

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What type of people joined the Edelweiss pirates

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Ages 16-18 mostly working class men and women who refused into submission wore checked shirts and an Edelweiss flower

53
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What were the swing youth and what did they do

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Mostly established in Hamburg in 1935-36
Young people who wanted to rebel and listen to swing and jazz music they refused to join Hitler youth 40-70 of them were sent to concentration camps

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What type of people joined Swing youth

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Usually middle or upper class aged 14-18 
Girls wore their hair long and lots of makeup 
Boys wore long jackets, dress shirts and flamboyant scarves
55
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Who were the white rose movement and what did they do

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Led by Hans and Sophie Scholl based in university of Munich from 1942 started anonymous leafleting campaign telling people to rebel
6 different leaflets were made

56
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What happened to the white rose movement

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They got caught in Munich and Hans and Sophie were killed Hans’ last words were ‘long live freedom’

57
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What happened with the July bomb plot

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20th July 1944
In conference room at Rastenburg Von Stauffenburg had bomb in briefcase
12:42 bomb exploded hitler wasn’t killed

58
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Communist resistance

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Hitler had arrested many communist party members and communists tried to organise strikes or get people to stand up against the nazis

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Social democrats resistance

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Voted against the Enabling act

Once they were banned those who stayed printed illegal newspapers, many were caught and arrested

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Who were the Kreisau circle

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Group of men who opposed the Nazis and met at an estate called kreisau planned to remove Hitler from power

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