Topic 5:Nazi social, economic and racial policies Flashcards
providing manual labour
introduced the RAD, which was compulsory for men aged 18-25 from 1935, and extended to women in 1939. members lived in labour service camps and worked for low pay.
hide unemployment
unemployment figures didn’t include jewish people, unmarried men, women or those in concentration camps.
only 35,000 out of 25 mil male workers were listed as unemployed.
Rearm and constrict
conscription was reintroduced in 1935, increasing the army greatly. it grew by 1.3 million between 1933 and 1939. heavy industry expanded and by 1939, 26 million marks a year were being spent on military vehicle production.
replace trade unions DAF
trade unions were banned and replaced with the German labour front (DAF). the DAF banned strikes and decided wages. workers were given job security and leisure programmes.
keep workers happy KDF
workers leisure time was improved, trips such as concerts, theatre trips, museum tours, sporting events, holidays and cruises were arranged through the organisation ‘strength through joy’ (KDF). in 1938 10 mil people went on KDF holidays.
working conditions were also improved
policy for women
three K’s - Kinderm Kuche and Kirche
Nazi beliefs for women
women should have no interest in politics
medals awarded for women with many children to encourage birth rate
unmarried women to have children with ‘racially pure’ SS men
appearance for women
flat shoes, hair in bun or plaits, child bearing hips
trousers, makeup, hair dye and slimming were discouraged
hitler youth
all other youth groups banned
compulsory from 1939
7 million members by 1939
girls learned domestic skills
boys learn military skills, marching, map skills
education
mein kämpf became a Standard text
teachers had to promote nazi ideals or get fired
girls taught home economics
race studies
studies of aryan superiority
policy to jews in schools
the ministry of education put anti semitic into textbooks
children were encouraged to hate jews
in 1936 jewish private tutors were banned
in 1938 jewish teachers were banned
ant jewish laws
1933- boycott of jewish businesses
1934- banned from public spaces
1935- Nuremberg laws lost citizenship, votes
1936- professional activities banned
1937- hitler publicly attacks
1938- jews had to carry identity cards + kristallnacht
lead up to Kristallnacht
8th of November 1938 a polish jew shot an official at the German embassy in Paris
Goebbles used this to organise anti-jewish demonstrations
Events of Kristallnacht
9-10th of November
100 jews killed
20,000 sent to concentration camps
7500 businesses destroyed
Hitler and Goebbles presented this event as a spontaneous event, not done by Nazis
shops were smashed, synagogues burned
