Social and Cultural developments in Germany, 1924-28 Flashcards
Social Welfare Reform
When was the Public Assistance System modernised?
When was the State Accident Insurance System extended to cover those suffering from occupational diseases?
When was the national unemployment insurance system introduced?
How many disabled war veterans was the state supporting in 1926?
What did the welfare system require?
Taxes were increased after which year?
What were tightened with snoopers used along with payment delays?
Living Standards and lifestyles
How were those in trade unions able to maintain living standards?
Those dependent on welfare benefits were worse off but…
How did business owners and their employees benefit?
Those who had lost savings were unable to do what?
Farmers suffered from what?
The only confident areas were where?
Position of Women
Who wrote in 1929 that the modern women prefers to depart from the ordained path and go her own way?
How many German men had died creating more jobs?
What gave women equality in far more areas than before?
Did all women approve of the changes?
What remained in force that said the husband has all say on family matters?
The most popular women’s group at the time (BDF) rallied against new women with how many members?
Although there was no era of equality …
Young people
Which schools were highly selective with those not getting in often causing trouble?
What were the 3 options at the age of 14?
In 1925/6 how many of the unemployed were 14-21?
What had there been between 1900 and 1910 creating more competition for jobs?
Many joined cliques such as those where?
Where had the education system been developed?What did realschule do?
How was the system divided?
The aim of reformers was to provide a comprehensive, non-what education for all?
What were introduced due to reformers?
What did reformers not remove the influence of?
Youth groups
When were the Wandervogel set up and who joined the group?
Despite being non-political, the Wandervogel were what?
What did the Wandervogel hate?
What did they practice?
Give an example of a Catholic group, when it was founded and who it was for?
Why did the Protestant groups have fewer members than the Catholic ones?
The SPD had the largest political youth group founded when?
What was Hitler Youth membership in 1929?
The Jews
What % lived in cities and were well educated?
Did most see themselves as German or Jewish?
How many (liberal) Jewish newspapers were there?
Who was a newspaper editor and part of the DDP?
When did Rathenau become foreign minister?
Where did Jewish businesses dominate despite not holding much important in the West?
How much of the private banks were owned by the Jewish?
In Berlin, how many of the doctors were Jewish?
How many of the 38 nobel prizes awarded to Germans went to Jews
Given an example of an accusation of corruption?
The development of the arts and culture
What were nightclubs renouned for?
Who described Eldorado as a “supermarket of eroticism”?
Many saw the developments as morally what?
Art went expressionist with artists like who?
What kind of music was used?
Who founded the Bauhaus?
Where became the centre of world cinema?
