nazi policies Flashcards
when was the National Labour Service Corps made compulsary for men aged 18-25?
1935
when was the National Labour Service Corps extended to women?
1939
what was the purpose of the National Labour Service Corps?
-intended to encourage the spirit of national socialism
-also provided germany with a cheap labour force
how many kilometers of highway were created by the Nazis road building schemes? what is the name for a highway in German?
-7,000kms
-autobahns
how did the Nazis make unemployment appear to go down?
-1.4 million men were in the army
-jews werent included in unemployment figures
-women werent counted
-men in national labour service corps weren’t counted
-those in concentration camps weren’t counted
when was conscription re-introduced?
1935
when conscription was reintroduced, how much did the army grow to?
grew to 1,400,000 in 1939
how much was spent on rearmament by 1939?
26 billion marks
when were trade unions banned and what was set up as an alternative?
1933, German Labour Front
how many members did the German Labour Front have in 1939?
22 million
what was the German Labour Front (DAF) desgined to do?
-included employers and workers and was meant to represent the intrests of both
-workers were given relativley high wages and social and leisure programmes
when did the DAF launch the volkswagen scheme and what was it?
-1938
-give workers an oppourtunity to buy their own car
did anyone get a car as a result of the volkswagen scheme?
no one got a car becuase production shifted to military vehicles in 1939
what was the strength through joy (KdF) programme?
-set up to improve the leisure time of German workers
-this included concerts, sporting events
how many people went on a KdF holiday in 1938?
10 million
what was the beauty of work programme?
-set up by the KdF to improve working conditions
-organised the building of canteens, swimming pools, sports facilities
what was the ideal nazi woman?
-no makeup
-buns/plaits
-no intrest in politics
-discouraged from slimming
-professional women were forced to give up their jobs
when was the law for the encouragement of marriage introduced and what was it?
-1933
-gave newlywed couples a loan 1,000 marks
-they could keep 250 marks for each child they had
what happened on Hitler’s mothers birthday?
medals awarded to women with large families
what numbers of children were the different mothers cross medals awarded to?
bronze = 4 children
silver = 6 children
gold = 8 children
when was the change to the divorce law and what was it?
-1938
-made divorce easier if the husband or wife was unable to have children
what was Lebensborn?
a programme set up to force unmarried women to have children with a ‘racially pure” SS man
what were the three Ks of nazi women?
Kinder, Kuche, Kirche - children, kitchen, church
when was the Nazi policy surrounding women reversed and why?
-1937
-germany was rearming and men were joining the army
what did all textbooks have to be approved by?
the ministry of education
what became a standard text in schools?
mein kamf
what did school teachers have to do under Hitlers rule?
swear loyalty to Hitler and join the Nazi teachers league
what percentage of teachers were members of the Nazi party in 1936?
36%
give some examples of things students would do at school as a result of the nazi regime
-start and end lessons with ‘heil hitler’
-nazi themes presented in every lesson - emphasis on germanys past and the aryan race
-15% of time was for physical education
what was the aim of the hitler youth?
to prepare german boys to be furtre soldiers and control the time of the youth
what did boys aged 14 and over join?
the hitler youth
what did they wear and do in the Hitler Youth?
-military style uniform
-activities based of physical excersise, rifle practice
-political indoctrination
what was the equivilent of the hitler youth for girls?
the league of german maidens
what did they wear and do in the league of german maidens?
-blue skirt, white blouse, heavy shoes
-physical exercise, developing domestic skills like sewing/cooking
when was the Hitler youth made compulsary ?
1939
how many members were there in the hitler youth in 1939?
7 million
what were Hitlers Theories of races based on?
social darwinism - the idea that the aryan race was superior
who was considered ‘untermenschen’ by Hitler?
Jews and Slavs
when were jewish teachers forbidden to give private tuition to german students?
1936
when were jewish children expelled from German schools?
1938
when did the SA organise a boycott of Jewish shops and buisnesses?
1933
when did local councils ban jews from public spaces?
1934
when were the nuremberg laws passed?
1935
what did the nuremburg law state?
-removed many rights from jewish people
-jewish people were denied the right to be german citizens
-marriage and relationships between jewish people and germans became illegal
what did Geobbles use as fuel to start kristallnacht?
-a polish jew assasinated a german in the german embassy in paris
-goebbles used this as an oppourtunity to retaliate against jews in germany
when did the polish jew assasinate the german before kristallnacht?
8th November 1938
when were jewish homes, businesses and synagouges attacked (kristallnacht)?
night of 9th November 1938
how many jewish shops were damaged and how many synagouges were burned in kristallnacht?
-7,500 jewish shops
-400 synagouges
how many jews were killed and how many were sent to concentration camps after kristallnacht?
-100 killed
-20,000 sent to camps
kristallnacht: hitler blamed the jews for provoking attacks - how much did he fine them?
1 billion reichsmarchs in compensation
when was the Reich Office for Jewish Emigration established? what did it do?
-1939
-the SS were responsible for removing jews through forced emigration
when were jews evicted from their homes and forced into designated ghettos?
April 1939
when were jews forced to hand in their radio sets so that they could not listen to foreign news?
september 1939
How was women being encouraged out of work a way of reducing unemployment for men?
The men filled the place of the women - meant the Nazis lived up to their promise of reducing unemployment
