Topic 5: Nazi Economic, Social and Racial Policy Flashcards
By 1933 what was the number of people unemployed ?
6 million
What did Hitler promise if he became chancellor ?
To create jobs
What was the RAD ?
To provide young men with manual labour jobs
Compulsory for men aged 18-25 to serve for at least 6 months
In 1939 it was extended for women
Workers lived in camps , wore uniform, received very low pay
What sort of schemes did Hitler introduce ?
Road building programme
public works schemes
School, house and hospital construction
What did invisible unemployment hide ?
Jews dismissed from jobs
Unmarried men
Women dismissed from jobs
People in concentration camps
What did rearmament do ?
Rebuilded the army
What sort of things did Hitler do to achieve rearmament ?
Conscription
What did the German labour front do (DAF) ?
Gave workers and employers high wages, job security, social and leisure programmes
Prevented workers and employers from going on strike
What was the Volkswagen scheme ?
Gave workers the chance to buy their own car
What happened to people who signed up to the Volkswagen scheme ?
They never got their cars and no money was refunded
What did the KdF do ?
Tried to improve the leisure time o German workers by sponsoring a wide rage of leisure and cultural trips
Tired to improve working conditions
How many people went to KdF on their holiday in 1938 ?
10 million
What was the political progress of women during the 1920s ?
Women over 20 could vote
How did women economically progress in the 1920s ?
Women took up careers in professions
How did women socially progress in the 1920s ?
Ent out unescorted, drunk, smoked, slim and fashion conscious and commonly wore short skirts and high heels
What was the Nazis ideals of women ?
No make up
Blonde
Flat shoes and full skirt
Did not smoke
Not go out to work
Did all household duties
No interest in politics
What were some changes under the nazis ?
Marriage and family ( promoted large families )
Work (children, kitchen, church )
appearance ( keep healthy wear there hair in a bun and plaits )
How did the nazis control education ?
Textbooks 9 ( nazis view )
Teachers ( teachers swore on oath to the nazis teacher league )
Lessons ( began and ended saluting ‘hail Hitler’ )
Curriculum ( changed to prepare students for future roles )
What did the Hitler youth aim to achieve ?
To make all young students dedicated nazi believers
In what year was Hitler youth made compulsory ?
1939
How many members were in the Hitler youth by 1939 ?
7 million
What did boys do in the Hitler youth ?
Practised marching
Map reading
Military skills
What did girls do in the Hitler youth ?
Marches
Map reading
Military skills
Domestic skills
How did the nazis treat non-German parties such as Jews ?
Treated them like second-class citizens
What did the nazis believe about aryans ?
Pure race
Blonde
Blue eyed
Tall
Lean
Athletic
Master race
What did nazis propaganda portray Jews as ?
Evil moneylenders
How was anti-semitism portrayed in schools ?
Put anti-Semitic material into every classroom
What year were all Jewish children expelled from German schools ?
1938
What year was the boycott of all Jewish shops and businesses ?
1933
What year were Jews banned from public places ?
1934
In what year were Jews no longer drafted into the army ?
1935
In what year were professional activities of Jews banned ?
1936
What was the date of kristallnacht ?
9th November 1938
what were the events of kristallnacht ?
On the 9 November 1938 a polish jew in Paris shot someone
Goebbels used this as an opportunity to protest against Jews
Attacks on Jewish property and 100 Jews killed 20,000 to concentration camps
7,500 Jewish business destroyed
what was the aftermath of kristallnacht like ?
Jews were blamed for it and fined 1 billion reichsmarks for reparations
Jews could no longer own businesses
Jews could no longer attend aryan schools
