Nazi Society

Question 1

DAF

Answer 1

German Labour Front
set working hours and wages
dealing harshly with signs of disobedience, strikes or absenteeism
average workers real wages only rose above 129 levels in 1938
workers hours increased from 43 hours 1933 to 47 hours 1939- 1944 60 hours

Question 2

education

Answer 2

indoctrinate youth
1937 97% all teachers and 2/3 professors had course on Nazi ideology
girls- stereotypical education- sewing, cooking
boys- biology, history physical education

Question 3

Hitler Youth

Answer 3

parents pressured to enrol the children but 1939 attendance was compulsory
sexes moulded for their future roles in Nazi society

Question 4

failures with education

Answer 4

number of teachers declined and there were 8000 Vacancies and number os students halved even before war

Question 5

opposition to indoctrination of youths

Answer 5

Edelweiss Piraten- more active resistance against Hitler Youth but most extreme when 12 publicly hanged because of attacks on military and assassination of gestapo officer
Swing Youth- interested in jazz which was forbidden

Question 6

religion

Answer 6

July 1933 Concordat was signed
nazis would guarantee Catholic Church religious freedom and not interfere with church’s property and rights etc appeared a success but being lulled into false sense of security while the dictatorship was being established
1933 Nazi interference in religious affairs was already causing resentment and disillusionment for both Catholic and Protestant churches

Question 7

churches and state 1935-45

Answer 7

closure of church schools
undermining of Catholic Youth groups
campaign to remove crucifix from schools
arrest of more pastors and priests
attempt of implementing German Faith Movement had little success- 1939 only 5% of population members

Question 8

Nazi view towards women

Answer 8

have more children and raise them
care for house and husbands
stop paid employment except specialist vocations such as midwifery
Kinder, Küche, Kirche- children, kitchen, church
National Socialist Womenhood
contraceptive advice and facilities were restricted
Honour Cross of German Mother- having four, six, eight children
1933 birth rate increased peak 1939
Lebensborn- founded by Himmler and SS to impregnante women- 11,000 children

Question 9

Culture

Answer 9

Cinema- used for propaganda- Overt Propaganda- Eternal Jew
radio- 70% had one

Question 10

Outsiders

Answer 10

July 1933 ‘The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring’ - 35,000 sterilised
Operation T4- 70,000 gassed- form of euthanasia
1936 Reich Central Office for Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion established