nazi germany Flashcards
how did hitler tackle unemploymet
the NEP planned to recruit many youths to the army, rerearment
loads of people got public jobs like road building and building of buildings which helped the whole state
youths had to do six months of cheap hard labour
why was the four year plan/ autarky necessary
so germany could become completely dependant on themselves in time to go to war
what was the four year plan list
Use forced labour if necessary
Tighten price control
Increase production of materials
Reduce imports
how was propaganda used
there were consnat rallies to demonstrate unity
radios and newspapers only printed nazi centered and positive information
the film industry went from booming and unique to showing Aryan war heros and schemeing cartoon jews
the olympics hosted by germany showed the powers of the ayran race
Swastica, arm salute and heil hitler surrounded Germany
affect of nazi rule on farms pros
nazis supported their nurturing values
4 year plan hoped to boost farming
debts were payed so theyd work more efficiently
prices tightened and increased
cons of nazi rule on farms
not many people left as it had been so neglected
the nazi food estate dictated produce and was very annoying
affect of nazi rule on small businesses
many small traders supported the nazi values
in retrn nazis tried to shrink department businesses and stop new ones
all their jewish competition was shut down
However many were tightly ruled and up to 20% closed down
affect of nazi rule on big businesses
nazis tried to halt their growth in favour of smaller traders
values rose as the four year plan needed more production
gov controlled who produced what
Réarment saw huge increase in production for weapon companies
Massive increase in income uo to 50%
affect of nazi germany on women
marriage loan discouraged women from working and toung married women got money
jobs were encouraged to bias against women
women with more children got allowances and medals, gold for 8 children
abortions were banned
divorce of an infertile wife was made easy
the population was low and needed increasing to prove a prosperous country
non aryan bearing women were sterelized
as the war approached the marriage loan was revoked and women were encouraged to work
effects of nazi germany on eduction
all teachers had to be nazis
all lessons had a strong nazi bias and foccussed on subjects that could stress that eg pe and german history, where they taught about the betrayal at ww1 and biology where they taught of the aryan race
gendered lessons meant dometic scinece for girls and maths and languages for boys
effect of nazi germany on youth groups
pactically all were part of nazi youth which focused on building physically strong youths for their predetermined careers.
boys were prepped for hard labour and the army in camping and hikes and wore army uniform as the hitler youth
Girls were part of German maidans and would work on domestic skills
effect of nazis on the church
hitler saw the christians as un-German and as a product of judaism
he signed a deal with the pope that he wouldnt attack them but that was a false sense of security
he banned catholic schoolsand harrased pastors
he started a german faith which was paiganism
effect of nazi germany on the protestants
they shared hitlers values of tradition and family and so largely complied
were sometimes knwon as the german christians
often wore nazi uniform
martin niemoller disagreed and set up his own confessionalist church which lead to 800 arrests
effect of nazi germany on catholics
hitler didnt like their loyalty to the pope
shut down catholic schools
pope published an anxious anti hitler letter but not with much reception
the german archbishop spoke out against hitler
effect of nazi germany on undersirables
could be sterwelzed to stop producing
any could be sent away to camps or youth camps
krystalnacht attacked jjewish properety
72,000 mentally ill euthenised
propaganda portayed them as stereotypes and blamed for wrongs
Nuremberg laws