Hitler's economic policies

Question 1

Why did Hitler sack Hjalmar Schact and replace him with Göring in 1936?

Answer 1

Schact did not build up the miltary forces quick enough

Question 2

Describe Göring’s four-year plan

Answer 2

> Aimed for autarky (self sufficiency)

> Focused on rapid rearmament- tanks, aircraft and ships

> Conscription introduced in 1935

Question 3

How did the RAD (National Labour Service) reduce unemployment?

Answer 3

> From 1935 it was compulsory for all men aged 18-25 to serve for 6 months in the RAD

> Gave young men the job of building autobahns, hospitals and schools.

Question 4

How did the KDF (Strength through joy) help to control the workforce?

Answer 4

> Improved leisure time of German workers

> Emphasised the ‘beauty of labour’

> 5 marks per week to own the new ‘Volkswagen’- the people’s car

Question 5

How did the DAF (German Labour Front) help to control the workforce?

Answer 5

> Banned all trade unions and strikes

> Wages set by DAF

> Hard to get a job if you weren’t a member

Question 6

How was there ‘invisible unemployment’ in Nazi Germany?

Answer 6

> Jews sacked (were not counted)

> Unmarried men under 25 pushed into RAD

> Women dismissed from professions

> Nazi opponents removed