Lives of German People

Question 1

Unemployment Rates

Answer 1

During 1932, 6 million were unemployed
By 1935, 35 thousand were unemployed
Total of 25 million men

Question 2

Small Craftsmen

Answer 2

1933 Law to Protect Retail Trade
-Taxed larger businesses to protect smaller ones
Still couldn’t compete with larger ones
1936 ————> 1939
1.6 mil ———-> 1.5 mil`

Question 3

Peasants

Answer 3

Agriculture made a priority
May 1933, Reich Entailed Farm Law
-Forced owners to pass land onto their eldest son
Tied peasants to land
Rural population fell from 21% to 18%

Question 4

Industrial Workers

Answer 4

Made up 46% of population
Lots of jobs due to preparation for war
1936 average wage- 35 marks per week
Wages frozen at 1933 so not sufficient for family
Employment didn’t mean comfort

Question 5

Deutsche Arbeistfront (DAF)

Answer 5

Replaced trade unions
Not compulsory but struggled to find work if didn’t join
1939- 29 million members
Pay to join

Question 6

4 Different branches

Answer 6

Strength Through Joy (KDF)
Beauty of Labour
Reich Labour Service
Volkswagen Scheme

Question 7

Strength Through Jot (KDF)

Answer 7

Organised workers leisure time
All activities gave propaganda
1937- 1.7 mil went on package tours
75% discount on trains, 50% discount on hotels

Question 8

Beauty of Labour

Answer 8

Improved working conditions
New toilets, changing rooms and showers

Question 9

Reich Labour Service

Answer 9

Provided cheap labour for big state projects
1935- all men between 18 and 25 had to serve for 6 months

Question 10

Volkswagen Scheme

Answer 10

Formed in 1938
5 marks per week and eventually earnt a car
WWII stopped production of cars
1939 there was growing disillusionment

Question 11

Nazi Standards for Women

Answer 11

No Smoking
Appear natural, no smoking
Dress in traditional German clothing
Made stew from leftovers once a week
Thin but not ‘robust’
Members of National socialist women’s league

Question 12

National Socialist Women’s League

Answer 12

1938- 2 million members

Question 13

Reasons for wanting children

Answer 13

Population was falling
Motherhood kept women at home

Question 14

Loans for Arayan families

Answer 14

1000 marks if a woman quit her job
Took up to 8 years to complete the loan
Reduced by a quarter per child
1934- 250,000 loans issued
1937- women no longer needed to quit jobs for loan

Question 15

Marriages

Answer 15

1932 ————–> 1939
516,000 ———> 772,000

Question 16

Average Children per family

Answer 16

1932 ————–> 1939
3.6 —————–> 3.3

Question 17

Women in employment

Answer 17

1933 ———–> 1939
Agriculture 4.6 mil ———> 4.9 mil
Industry 2.7 mil ———> 3.3 mil

Question 18

Women in education

Answer 18

Made up 10% of students
Only policy that had the desired effect
Regretted successfulness due to needing them in war

Question 19

Teachers

Answer 19

13% Berlin head-teachers removed
Jewish teachers banned from non-Jewish schools
Joined Nazi teachers league

Question 20

Nazi Teachers League

Answer 20

1936 - 97% teachers joined
Ran courses to teach latest Nazi ideology

Question 21

History

Answer 21

Superiority of Aryan race
Blamed WWI defeat on Jews

Question 22

Geography

Answer 22

Taught need for Lebensraum (Living Space)

Question 23

Physics

Answer 23

Focused on firearms and radio communications

Question 24

Maths

Answer 24

Given calculations filled with Nazis ideas
I.e - Work out price of keeping a mentally ill person alive

Question 25

German

Answer 25

Claimed it was from an Arayan background

Question 26

R.E

Answer 26

1937- Optional subject

Question 27

PE

Answer 27

15% of all lesson time
Crucial to be fit for the war

Question 28

Biology

Answer 28

Girls taught to identify Arayan characteristics
Measured featured on non-Arayan children

Question 29

Hitler Youth

Answer 29

Compulsory in 1936
Boys prepared for military
Girls prepared for domestications
Some children didn’t like it

Question 30

Ubermenschen

Answer 30

Meaning master race
Believed Arayans were the strongest race
3 types- Nordic, Phailin, Western

Question 31

Untermenschen

Answer 31

Meaning inferior race
Lowest group were Jews
1935 - Nuremberg laws stated 3 or 4 grandparents meant also Jewish
Identified Jews by nose

Question 32

Social Exclusion of Jews

Answer 32

Common by 1935
Signs hung over Germany saying not wanted here

Question 33

Physical Persecution

Answer 33

Not common until later on
Many Jews ignored by police

Question 34

Publications

Answer 34

Portrayed Jews as money grabbers
Printed antisemetic cartoons

Question 35

Kristallnacht
The Night of the Broken Glass

Answer 35

9th and 10th November 1938
Attacked Jewish businesses
Nazis said they couldn’t organise attacks but if they happened the attackers wouldn’t be persecuted
Destroyed 267 synagogues
7500 establishments looted and destroyed
91 Jews murdered
30,000 Jews arrested and sent to concentration camps

Question 36

September 1933

Answer 36

Racial studies introduced at school

Question 37

September 1935

Answer 37

Nuremburg Laws
Marriages between Jews and non-Jews punishable by imprisonment
Jews no longer ‘citizens’

Question 38

October 1936

Answer 38

Jews who convert to Christianity are still Jews

Question 39

November 1938

Answer 39

Kristallnacht
Jews kicked out of non-Jewish schools
Jews can’t buy magazines
Jews can’t run businesses

Question 40

April 1939

Answer 40

Jews can be evicted from homes without a reason

Question 41

September 1939

Answer 41

Jews can’t leave their homes after 8pm