standards of living

Question 1

German Labour Front (DAF)

Answer 1

Replaced trade unions, ran several schemes

Question 2

Strength Through Joy (KdF)

Answer 2

Aimed to increase productivity by making workers happy.

Question 3

What did the KdF provide?

Answer 3

Holidays, concerts, entertainment for hard workers

Question 4

What did Beauty of Labour (SdA) do?

Answer 4

Improved conditions through reducing noise in the workplace and providing canteens

Question 5

Why was SdA unpopular?

Answer 5

Because workers had to build the new facilities in their free time

Question 6

The Volkswagen Beetle

Answer 6

Workers were promised one of these by paying 5 marks a week towards it, however they never got the car

Question 7

Did living conditions improve?

Answer 7

More jobs, average wages rose by 20%, SdA improved working conditions, KdF provided leisure acitivies. However, many were still unemployed due to ‘Invisible Unemployment’, and food costs rose