Life in Nazi Germany Flashcards
What two plans did the Nazis create to try and improve the economy?
New Plan
Four Year Plan
In what ways did the Nazis try to reduce unemployment?
Invisible unemployed
RAD
Job creation schemes - Autobahns
Rearmament
What was the RAD?
eich Labour Service. Compulsory for all men aged 18-25 without work.
How did life for workers improve under the Nazis?
Weekly wages increased from 86 marks to 109 marks.
Most people had work.
Volkswagen car scheme to reward workers.
How did life not improve for workers in Nazi Germany?
Trade Unions were banned
Cost of living increased
Working hours increased from 42 to 47 hours a week
What was the KdF (Strength through Joy)?
Provided leisure activities and rewards for “good” Nazis
What was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage?
Provided loans to newly married couples. Every child born paid off a quarter of the loan.
What did the Nazis want women to be like?
Focus on motherhood
Women should stay in the home
Traditional appearance
How were the Nazis successful in their policies towards women?
German Women’s Enterprise was established.
Use of medals to reward women with larger families.
Many women remained as housewives
How were the Nazis not successful in dealing with women?
Birth rate remained low
Female concentrate camps were established like Ravensbruck.
Difficult to mobilise women into war work.
What organisation did teachers have to join under the Nazis?
Nazi Teacher League
How did the curriculum reflect Nazi ideas?
PE was 15% of the timetable
All subjects had to reflect Nazi ideas.
Name two specialist schools which were established by the Nazis
National Political Training Institutes
Adolf Hitler School
What did the Hitler Youth Law of 1936 state?
Membership of the Hitler Youth was compulsory.
How many members did the Hitler Youth have by 1939?
7 million - showed that not everyone joined.
