Nazi economic, social and racial policy Flashcards
From what year was the National Labour Service Corps (RAD) compulsory for all men aged 18-25
1935
In what year was this extended to women?
1939
How many km’s of autobahns were built in Germany
7000km (highspeed highway’s)
What ‘second class citizens’ were dismissed from their jobs
Jew’s
By 1939, How many out of a workforce of 25 million were listed as unemployed
35,000
What year was conscription reintroduced
1935
What did the army grow to by 1939
1,400,000
How many mark’s were spent on rearmament by 1939
26 billion
What heavy duty industries output doubled between 1933 and 1939
Coal and Chemical
What did Hitler ban in 1933 and replace it with
He banned all trade unions and replaced it with the DAF
How many people were in the DAF
Largest organisation in Nazi Germany with 22 million members
How were worker’s treated in the DAF?
Worker’s were given relatively high wages, job security and social programme’s
What ‘scam’ scheme did the DAF launch and why did they not follow through with it?
They launched the Volkswagen scheme however not a single customer received one as production shifted to military vehicles
What did the strength through joy programme offer
Concerts, sporting events, holidays
In 1938, about 10 million people went on KdF holidays
In what year did how many million people go on KdF holiday’s?
In 1938, about 10 million people went on KdF holidays
What programme was set up by the KdF to improve working conditions
Beauty of Work
What did the Beauty of Work programme do?
Organised building of canteens swimming pool’s and sport facilities
What did Nazi ideals suggest the ideal women was?
-Very traditional
- Did not wear makeup, did not work and no interest in politics
What were Nazi women encouraged and discouraged to do?
Encouraged to keep healthy and wear hair in buns/plaits
Discourage from slimming as it was bad for childbearing
What Law was passed to increase Germany’s birth rate?
The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage
What medal was awarded for Women and how was it systemed?
The Mother’s Cross
Bronze - 4/5
Silver - 6/7
Gold - 8+
What programme was set up to force unmarried women to become pregnant by ‘racially pure’ SS men?
The Lebensborn (Life Springs) programme
What were the 3 K’s women were encouraged to live by
Kinder, Kuche, Kirche
Children, Kitchen, Church
What professional roles were women forced to give up
Doctor’s, Teachers
- However this policy was reversed in 1937
What did school teachers have to do and join?
They had to swear loyalty to Hitler and join the Nazi Teachers’ League
By 1936, what percent of teacher’s were member’s of the Nazi Party
36%
How was school life changed?
All lessons began and ended with ‘Heil Hitler’
15% devoted to PE
What did the Hitler Youth do?
Controlled the spare time of the young and indoctrinated ideals such as leadership principle and racial purity was enforced
By what year was membership compulsory and how many member’s were there?
1939 - 7 million member’s
What were Hitler’s beliefs regarding the Jew’s?
Hitler viewed them as second class, subhuman,
What does subhuman mean in German
Untermenschen
How would Hitler hope to create a pure racial state?
By selectively breeding and destroying the Jew’s
Who controlled the school’s and put anti-semetic material into every classroom
Ministry of Education
What were Jewish teachers forbidden to do?
Given private tuition to German students
In 1938, what happened to Jewish children
They were expelled from German schools - constant aggression caused many Jew’s to leave Germany
What was the progression of Jewish hatred?
1933 - SA organised boycott
1934 - Local councils banned Jew’s from parks and pool’s
1935 - Nuremberg law’s passed
What key event ignited Hatred within the Germans and allowed Goebells to propaganda max against the Jew’s?
A Polish Jew assassinated a German in the German embassy
What did Goebells do as a result of the German assasination in the Embassy?
He used this as an opportunity for retaliation against the JEWS
What was the German societal response of the German assassination in the Embassy?
Attacks on Jewish property
Shops and synagogues destroyed
What date was the German societal response to the assassination and what were these event’s called?
9-10th November 1938 - Kristallnacht
What were the Jewish statistical losses from Kristallnacht?
100 Jews killed
20,000 sent to concentration camps
7500 businesses destroyed
Who did Hitler further blame for the damages of Kristallnacht
He OFFICIALLY blamed the Jew’s for provoking the attacks and they were fined 1 billion Reichsmarks
From the 30th April 1939, what finally happened to the Jew’s?
They were evicted from their homes and forced into ghettos
They were forced to hand in their radio set to not listen to foreign news
