What was it like to live in Nazi Germany? Flashcards
Why were schools important to keep youths loyal?
- Hitler needed the next generation to share his views
- Hitler views were the only way and the right view
- Hitler would be sure the next generation would be loyal even after he was gone
What kind of things did youths learn in School?
- German Army Stabbed in the back
- 1920’s hardship blamed on jews
- aryan race was superior in intelligence and strength
- curriculum organised to gain supporters
How successful was the nazi attempt to win over young people?
- Very successful
- People wanted to be part of the hitler youth
- keen to please hitler saw him as a god
- wanted to be pro nazi
- 1/2 of all german boys were members of hitler youth in 1933
- 15% of all girls in 1933
- Young attracted to youth movements
What did hitler promise when he came to power?
He would solve the country’s unemployment crisis and german farming
What year was conscription reintroduced?
1935
What did conscription improve or add to germany?
- reduced unemployment
- need for: weapons, clothing, equipment, created jobs
- engineers and designers gained new opportunities bc of luftwaffe
- boosed hitler’s popularity and boosted national pride.
What was the Reich food estate?
Set up central boards to buy agricultural produce from the farmers to distribute it to markets across Germany.
What did Reich entail for farm law?
-peasants had state protection over their farms
-banks couldn’t seize land if they couldn’t pay loans or mortgages
-peasant farmers basis for ayran race
backbone of new german Empire
What weren’t the farmers happy about?
- banks unwilling to help farmers
- only the eldest child should inherit the farm
- ^many children left farms to work in german industry
- rural depopulation ran at 3% per year in 1930’s. opposite of nazi aims
What did the middle class business people like about Nazi rules?
- grateful for eliminating communist threat to businesses and properties
- liked nazi order in Germany
How did small business struggle from Nazi Rule?
large department stores akin business away from local shops
- produced consumer goods or ran small shop= was a real struggle
What made big Businesses so successful under Nazi Rule?
Big companies didn’t have to worry about trade unions and strikes
-mercedes ec prospered from nazi policies
How did propaganda help persuade the workers?
-Associated them with hitler schemes e.g strength through Joy
-cheap cinema tickets, organised courses/trips, cut price on cruises,
-state scheme to buy Volswagen beetle
beauty of labour movement to improve conditions
what were the downsides for workers?
- lost main political party
- lost trade unions
- all workers has to join general labour front-kept strict control of workers
- couldnt strike for better pay/conditions
- prevented from moving to better paid jobs
- working conditions in some places worse then before the depression.
how many Boys were in AH youth in 1936?
1.2 MIllion
