Unemployment

Question 1

What did public work involve the construction of?

Answer 1

Schools, hospitals, autobahns (motorways)

Question 2

How many kilometers of Autobahn were laid in this scheme?

Answer 2

7000 km

Question 3

How many men did the Autobahns create jobs for? *

Answer 3

80,000

Question 4

How much economic growth was rearmament responsible for?

Answer 4

Most of it

Question 5

When did rearmament begin?

Answer 5

1935

Question 6

How many men were in the German army by 1939?

Answer 6

1.4 million

Question 7

What was the Reich Labour Service also known as?

Answer 7

RAD

Question 8

When was the Reich Labour Service set up?

Answer 8

1935

Question 9

How long did they have to serve in RAD?

Answer 9

6 months

Question 10

What were they classed as while they were in RAD?

Answer 10

Employed

Question 11

What kind of work did they do?

Answer 11

Public works

Question 12

Give a reason why many hated RAD?

Answer 12

Low pay, long hours

Question 13

What were Jews being forced to do after 1935?

Answer 13

Leave their jobs

Question 14

Did this show on the Nazi unemployment figures?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

Give an example of another social group not on unemployment figures?

Answer 15

Women

Question 16

Unemployment was at 6.1 million in January 1933, what do figures show it dropped to by 1939?

Answer 16

300,000

Question 17

Are these figures a true reflection of the actual number of unemployed people in Nazi Germany?

Answer 17

No