Nazi Social, Economic and Racial Policy Flashcards
3 rs relating what Hitler does to try and solve the economic issues
Rule reduce reward
3 ways Hitler reduces unemployment
Conscription
Rearmament
RAD (National Labour Service Corps)
What does the RAD stand for
The National Labour Service Corps
What was the RAD (National Labour Service Corps)
From 1935
Compulsory 6 months of work for men aged 18-25
E.g planting trees, building hospitals, building autobahns
Very low wages, given very little food, wore uniforms, lived in camps, carried out military drills
One way Hitler ruled the workforce
1933 Set up DAF and trade Unions were banned
When did Hitler set up DAF and trade Unions were banned
1933
What does DAF stand for
The German Labour Front
How did the DAF being set up in 1933 rule the workforce
Hitler had full control of workers
Workers banned from strikes, given quite high wages and controlled employers with employment rights
2 ways Hitler rewarded the workforce
Strength through joy
Beauty of labour
What was KDF (strength through joy)
Organised leisure time for workers to reward their hard work
E.g theatre trips, cruises, holidays
What did the 3 Ks stand for in terms of women
Children
Church
Cooking
True or false, Hitler agreed with the freedom that women had gained during the golden age of Weimar
False
He wanted to reverse this to make them traditional housewives again
What did Hitler believe the role of women should be
Traditional housewives (in charge of domestic work)
True or false, Hitler allowed women to be teachers and doctors etc
False
He thought women should be inferior to men and should revert to traditional housewives
German word for ‘People’s community’
Volksgemeinshaft
True or false, the Nazis believed women were just as important as men
True
Even though they were treated as inferior the Nazis believed that the women’s role as a mother would be very important in building the Volksgemeknshaft
2 key laws for women
The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage 1933
Lebensborn (Life Springs programme) 1936
What was the 1933 Law for the Encouragement of Marriage
Introduced to help increase birth rate to to help build and expand the Master race
What was Lebensborn (Life Springs Programme) 1936
Unmarried Aryan women made pregnant by ‘racially pure’ SS men
Aryan meaning
Anyone non Jewish
(Thought to be ‘pure’ German)
How did the Nazis help to increase the birth rate and strengthen the Master Race
Encourage more births: Law for the Encouragement of Marriage 1933
Lebensborn 1936
Women given medals for the more children that they had
Nuremberg Laws 1935
What year were the Nuremberg Laws introduced
1935
What year was Lebensborn
1936
What year was the Law for the encouragement of marriage
1933