What was it like to live in Nazi Germany? (2) Flashcards
What did the hitler youth entail for boys
- activites
- membership in 1936?
- devoted time to AH
- had to be physically fit
- 1.2 mill
- learnt to read maps + shooting ect
League of german girls
- what year and who was it compulsory for
- how many members in 1936?
- how many % left to get married
1939 - cumpulsory for 10-18 ( ger citezens, ethnic ger, hereditory desease free)
- 1936 - 3 mill
- 80% left married and fam
how were schools organised and what did schools teach (7)
- indoctrination
- organised to gain support
- 1920’s hardship bc of jews
- hist gained AH supporters
- Bio learned about aryan race
- long pe hours
- girls learn about mothers and housework
Youth movement at home…
- youths attracted to movements
- pro nazi = alienated from parents
- more loyal 2 ah than fan
- encouraged to tell if parents criticise
why were youths important to hitler
- future of germany
- needed to ensure loyalty
- youth propaganda and show leading example
Swing movement (3)
- went against nazi guidelines - looks
- talked about sex
- went to parties + foreign music
Edelweiss pirates (4)
- 14-17 taunted Ah youth groups
- free attitude 2 sex
- Dec ‘42 - Gestapo brok up 739 youths
- ‘44 Cologne riots = publicly hung
What was womens role in society
house wife
mother
Why was there resentment 2wards working woman in 1930’s
- nazis called this = untraditional
What was the birth rate in 1933 and what was it in 1939 - give a possible reason for a rise in B rate
1933- 15 per 1000
1939- 20 per 1000
financial incentive for fam with more than 4 children.
Where nazi policies towards women successful (yes) (2)
most stayed home with fan = ideal societal role
- many kept out of work
Nazi policy towards women unsuccessful (2)
- women needed for war effort (against policy)
- large family scheme was unsuccessful
Who benefited from nazis 1933-1945 (5)
managers - car
- ah youth
- women (with babies)
- large famers
- industrial workers (strength through joy + beauty of labour)
unemployment in 1932 compared to 1938
1932= 5.6 mill 1938= 2 mill
Who did not benefit from nazi rule (6)
- jews
- church - women
- samll farmers / business
- mental ill
- conscription
when did foot rationing commence
septemeber 1939
when were their food shortages
1942
how many were forcibly sterilised ‘33-‘45
- 300,000
What happened in ‘43 after allied raids
housing shortages
when did compulsory conscription commence
1935
1939 (war effect lives) - 2
- rationing
- Ah control east Eu
1941 - war effect lives - 2
- heating cut back
- longer hours worked
1942- war effect lives -6
- final soln
- women drafted to work
- evacuees
- moral loss
- resedentional/ idus bombed
- cibillians terrories - submission
1945 - war effect lives - 4
- feb dresden bomb- 35,000-150,000 killed in 2 days
- peeps desperate
- 3.5 mill died
- low food supplies
What did conscription provide - 4
- reduced unemployment
- econ recovery - moral + national pride boost
- engineers + designers = new opportunities
Sept 1933 for the famers - Why were they happy?
- reich food estate - distributed produce across german markets
- Reich entitles farm land - bank couldn’t seize it
- peasant farmers = ger backbone
What were the famers unhappy about (3)
1) bank unwilling to lend money
2) only eldest child cld inherit farm
3) rural depopulation rose by 3% in 1930’s= opp of nazi aim.
how did nazi workers benefit?
- propaganda praised workers
- beetle = peoples car
- beauty of labour
what was beauty of labour
movement to improve working conditions + washing facilities in factories + low cost canteens for workers
STRENGTH THROUGH JOY (4)
1) state controlled leisure org
2) provided activities for Ger works (motivator)
3) activities = concerts, plays, holidays, trips
4) beetle scheme
workers downside (5)
- lost SDP- main party
- lost trade unions
- couldn’t strike
- low wages
- working cond worst than depression
