NAZI SOCIETY Flashcards
Control over working class
Shut down of trade unions- no way to bargain therefore less power
What organisation replaced trade unions?
DAF
Membership of the DAF by 1939
22 million
Beauty of Labour (SdA)
Aimed to provide cleaner working conditions, meals etc
Strength through Joy
Recreational activities eg cultural visits, travels etc
Downsides of Nazi policies to working classes/industrial workers
Still had to pay tax to DAF
Increase in working hours
Unemployment statistics manipulated- women and Jews
Conscription
How did farmers benefit from Nazi policy?
Promise of financial aid
How did farmers benefit from Nazi policy?
Promise of financial aid
‘Blood and soil’
Farmers as the racially purest element of the Volk
Benefits for farmers (4)
Farm debts written off
Small farmers given low interest rates
Reich Entailed Farm Law 1933
Reich Food Estate 1933
By how much did agricultural production increase over 1928-1938?
20%
Businesses
Helped by the upturn in world trade and banning of trade unions
Landowners
Nazi policies did not threaten their interests
Mittelstand (2)
Supported confiscation of Jewish businesses as it gave them low interest rates
New trading regulations supported small craftsmen
Downsides for middle class
Could not compete with big businesses
Co-ordination in schools (3)
Centralised under the Reich Ministry of Education
Teaching ‘reconditioned’ eg banned Jewish teachers
National Socialist Teachers League
What was the Nazi association for teachers?
National Socialist Teachers League
How many teachers were a part of the National Socialist Teachers League by 1937?
97%