TOPIC 5 Nazi Economic, Social And Racial Policy Flashcards by Olivia Rapley-Smith

From …. the RAD (…..) was compulsory for all … aged ….

1935
The National Labour Service Corps
men
18-25

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In ….. the RAD was extended to …..

1939
women

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The RAD scheme was intended to …… whilst also providing Germany with …..

encourage the spirit of National Socialism
a cheap labour force

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The Nazis introduced …. providing Germany with ….. km of ….

road building programmes
7000
autobahns

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The Nazis used ….. to keep down unemployment figures

dubious methods

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….. were dismissed from their jobs and ….. were held in concentration camps

Jews
Opponents of the Nazis

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By 1939, only ….. male workers were listed as unemployed out of a workforce of ….

35000
25million

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Hitler was determined to build up the …… which greatly ….

armed forces
Reduced unemployment

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In ….. conscription was reintroduced. The army grew from …. in 1933 to ….. by 1939

1935
100,000
1,400,000

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….. such as coal and chemical usage ….. between 1933 and ….

Heavy industries
Doubled
1939

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….. marks were spent on rearmament, this increases to …. by 1939

3.5 billion
26 billion

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In …… the Nazis banned all trade unions

May 1933

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The trade unions were replaced by …..

The German Labour Front (DAF)

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The ….. became the largest organisation in Nazi Germany with ….. members by …..

DAF
22 million
1939

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The DAF included …. and was supposed to represent the interests of both

employers and workers

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In the DAF, workers were given …….

relatively high wages, job security and social and leisure programmes

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In ….. the DAF launched the Volkswagen scheme to ……

1938
give workers an opportunity to buy their own car

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not a single customer of the Volkswagen scheme ….. as ….

took delivery of a car
production shifted to military vehicles in 1939

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…… (KdF) programme was set up to …..

Strength through joy
improve leisure time for German workers

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The KdF programme included…..

concerts, sporting events and holidays

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About …… people went on KdF holidays in Germany in …..

10 million
1938

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……. was a programme set up by the KdF to improve …..

Beauty of Work
working conditions

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The Beauty of Work programme organised ……

the building of canteens, swimming pools and sports facilities

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Women made …… in their position in German society during the …..

significant progress
1920s

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…….. were given the vote and had …….

Women over the age of 20 greater social freedom

The Nazis has a ……. view of the role of women

very traditional

Nazi ideals suggested that the ideal woman ……

did not wear makeup, did not work and did not hold an interest in politics

Women were encouraged to ….

keep healthy and wear their hair in buns or plaits

Women were discouraged from …. as it was said to be bad for ….

slimming childbearing

In 1933, the …… was introduced to increase birth rate in Germany

Law for the Encouragement of Marriage

On Hitler’s mother’s birthday, medals were awarded to ….

women with large families

The ….. (Life Springs) programme was set up to force…..

Lebensborn unmarried women to become pregnant by ‘racially pure’ SS men

Women were encouraged to stick to the …. meaning ….

‘Three Ks’: Kinder Kuche and Kirche children, kitchen and church

Professional women such as …… were forced to ….

doctors, civil servants and teachers give up their jobs

From ….. the policy which removed women from jobs was ….. Germany was ……. Men were …..

1937 reversed rearming joining the army

Hitler used ……. to indoctrinate the ….. onto …..

the education system Nazi ideals Germany’s youth

All textbooks had to be approved by ….

the Ministry of Education

….. became a standard text

Mein Kampf

School teachers had to ….. and join the ….

swear loyalty to Hitler Nazi Teacher’s League

By ….. , ……% of teachers were members of the Nazi Party

1936 36

All lessons began and ended with the students….

Saluting and saying ‘Heil Hitler’

….. were presented through every school subject

Nazi themes

…..% of time was devoted to physical education

In school was a great emphasis on …..

Germany’s past and the Aryan race

Hitler controlled the spare time of the young through….

the Hitler Youth movement

Nazi ideals such as ….. following the …… and ……. were enforced through the Hitler Youth

obedience Fuhrer racial purity

All organisations ……. were banned

Other than Hitler Youth

From ….. membership of Hitler Youth was ….

1939 Compulsory

By …… there were ….. members of Hitler Youth

1939 7 million

Non-Germans, especially …. were treated as …..

the Jews second class citizens

Hitler’s theories were based on …..

his interpretation of Social Darwinism

Nazis believed that Germans were …… Jews and Slavs were considered ……

a pure race of Aryan descent ‘subhumans’ (Untermenschen)

Hitler hoped to create ….. This would be achieved by …… and destroying …..

a pure racial state selective breeding the Jews

Schools were controlled by the …… The government put …… material in every classroom

Ministry of Education anti-semitic

In …… Jewish teachers were …..

1936 forbidden to give private tuition to German students

In …… Jewish children were expelled from German schools

1938

Legal and open discrimination ….. resulting in many Jews …..

increased in the 1930s leaving Germany

In …… the SA organised a boycott of ……

1933 Jewish shops and businesses

In ….. local councils banned Jews from …..

1934 public spaces such as parks and swimming pools

In ….. the Nuremberg Laws were passed. These were ……..

1935 a series of laws against the Jews

On ….. a Polish Jew assassinates ….. in …… in Paris

8th November 1938 a German the German embassy

Goebbles used this as …….. against the Jews of Germany

opportunity for retaliation

Anti-Jewish demonstrations were organised, which involved ….

attacks on Jewish property, shops and synagogues across Germany

The events of the ….. became known as Kristallnacht

9-10 November

In Kristallnacht about …. Jews were killed, ….. were sent to concentration camps and ….. businesses were destroyed

100 20,000 7,500

Hitler officially ….. for …… on Kristallnacht

blamed the Jews provoking the attacks

The Jews were fined ….. reichsmarks as …..

1 billion compensation for the damage caused by

After Kristallnacht, Jews were …..

no longer permitted to own businesses

In ….. the Reich Office for ….. was established

January 1939 Jewish Emigration

The ….. were responsible for removing Jews through …..

SS forced emigration

From …… Jews were evicted from …… and …..

30th April 1939 their homes forced into designated ghettos

In …… Jews were forced to hand in their radio sets so they …..

September 1939 could not listen to foreign news