Nazi Policies Towards Workers

Question 1

What was the German labour force? When was it created? DAF

Answer 1

• Replaced trade unions but was not a trade union
• Only official organisation representing workers
• 1933

Question 2

What was the KdF?

Answer 2

• Strength through joy
• Leisure was controlled by the regime so they had no developed private life
• Gave poor people chance to enjoy what the rich also enjoyed

Question 3

What was the membership of the KdF by 1936?

Answer 3

35 million

Question 4

How was there a failure in the workers policy?

Answer 4

• Industrial accidents and illness rose by 150% between 1933-39
• Strikes and sabotages still took place

Question 5

How did the Law for the restoration of the professional civil service affect Jewish workers?

Answer 5

• 60% of the non-Aryan lawyers were able to continue working
• Jewish doctors could only treat Jewish patients

Question 6

When was the Nazi boycott on Jewish shops?

Answer 6

• 1933

Question 7

What were the results of Kristallnacht? When was it?

Answer 7

• 7500 Jewish businesses destroyed (91 Jews killed)
• 9-10 November 1938

Question 8

What were some strikes?

Answer 8

• The Berlin Metalworkers’ strike (1933) , caused by Nazi attempt to suppress trade unions
• Hamburg Dockers’ strike (1936)

Question 9

What was The beauty of Labour (SdA)? What did it achieve?

Answer 9

• Improving working conditions
• Claimed by 1938, 34,000 companies had improved their working conditions and facilities

Question 10

How many vacations had the KdF organised by 1938?

Answer 10

10 million