topic 4- social policies workers Flashcards
when was the DAF created
may 1933
who was the leader of the DAF
ley
how many members did the DAF have by 1939
22 million
largest nazi organisation
what was the aim of the DAF
to restore social peace by winning left wig workers over to nazism to succsessfully gain gleichaltung
what was the volkswagen scheme
in 1938 workers were primised that if they paid 5 marks a week they would eventually get a car.
thsi was done to prevent inflation and prices rising
however by 1939 no one had recived a car and manafactuing aims turned to military
how many members of the nazi vocational training shemes were there
2.5 million
why was the DAF so importnant
not only to ideologically conditoin the workers into nazis but it actually provded workers with benefits and lifestyles the they hadnt had since before world war one
what was the strength through joy programme?
imporved workers leauire opporuntines such as hikes, theatre trips and holidays
what did ley say about the strength through joy scheme?
‘the quickest way to bring national socialsim to the workers’
how many workers took strength through joy holidays
10 million
what was the beauty of work scheme
a scheme of the DAF to improve working standards
what was the RAD
the rad was set up in 1935 and was compulsary for all men aged 19-25 and this was extended to all women in 1939
taugh people about the wonders of nationalist socialism and the joy of mannual labour (push towards autarky)
what were the trustee of labor
12 trustees who reuglared areas that were responsbile for regulating working conditions and supervised the councils of trust who discussed plant saftey workers and their welfare
how many men were unemployed by 1939
only 35,000 out of 25 million
by how much did average wages increae by
35 marks a week which was 10x more of that in 1932
