Weimar society Flashcards
What did workers gain in November 1918?
Workers were granted an eight-hour day, all restrictions on trade unions were abolished and a system of industrial tribunals was established to provide arbitration between employers and employees
When was the Youth Welfare Act?
1922
What was the Youth Welfare Act?
Established a youth service to promote physical and social fitness
What welfare was provided in 1923?
Unemployment relief was consolidated into a regular programme of assistance financed by employees and employers.
National insurance extended
What was introduced in Weimar to help the poor, and when?
1924, a public assistance programme replaced older poor relief legislation
What was culture like under Weimar?
There was an explosion of new forms of culture in the Weimar period, and this new mass culture was accessible to all people, not just the elites. Ownership of radios, telephones and cars increased.
What welfare was introduced in 1925?
An accident insurance programme allowed diseases linked to certain work to become insurable risks
What was it like for the youth in Weimar?
Enjoyed the new culture of radio, movies and the gramophone. More leisure time in the 1920s meant that working class children were receiving more attention from their parents than before.
What role did local governments play?
Created their own schemes for social improvements, improving hospitals, schools roads, municipal buildings, affordable homes and electricity.
What were the consequences of some cultural movements?
Cultural movements like expressionism, ‘New objectivity’, American jazz and Hollywood movies etc. Prompted a backlash amongst the conservative elements of society who saw this as degenerate.
What was work like for women?
The proportion of women who worked outside of the home remained largely the same in the 1920s as before 1914, and for those who did work, the better paid jobs were still taken by men.
What was the role of the military in Weimar society?
Military elite remained powerful. As Weimar governments moved more to the right, army influence increased the the military budget increased by 75% between 1924 and 1928.
What was the impact of high taxation caused by welfare?
Led to friction between the elites and the workers. The elites saw them as an attack and for workers it raised the expectations to levels that could not be met in the difficult economic circumstances
What was the impact of high unemployment?
High unemployment hit the youth particularly hard, and helped cultivate hostility to the Weimar system whilst increasing support for the extreme parties.
What welfare was introduced in 1927?
Unemployment insurance was extended to 17.25m workers
