WNG Topic 4 Flashcards
Types of medals women received for having children
Bronze for 4 children
Silver for 6 children
Gold for 8 children
What were the 4 Nazi youth groups
Young German Folk (boys aged 10-14)
Young Girls (girls aged 10-14)
Hitler Youth (boys aged 14-18)
League of German Maidens (girls aged 14-18)
How did the Nazis control teachers?
All teachers were expected to join the Nazi party (95% by 1934) and were sent on training courses during the holidays
How did the Nazis control the curriculum?
Girls were taught domestic skills whereas boys were taught science and military skills
What was the RAD (National Labour service)?
It was compulsory to join if you were unemployed and they worked on job creation schemes
What were job creation schemes?
Nazis reduced employment by putting money into large projects
What was the DAF?
May 1933 the DAF replaced trade unions and were meant to ensure pay and conditions for workers, however the DAF usually favoured the employer
What was the KdF?
Set up to create the image of a bright and prosperous future for the German people
Improvement in standard of living
More jobs with most men in work
Average wages rose by 20%
KdF provided leisure activities and holidays
Decline in standard of living
Invisible unemployment meant many were still employed
Cost of food rose
After the ban of trade unions workers had fewer rights
What is Untermenschem?
Sub human or inferior
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
In 1935 Aryans were not allowed to marry Gypsies, black people or Jews
(Jewish businesses) What happened in:
1933
1937
1938
1939
SA organised a one day boycott of Jewish shops
Jewish business were taken over by Aryans
Jews had to register their property and Jewish shops were sent on fire or vandalised
Jews were banned from owning businesses
(Kristallnacht 1938) What happened in:
7 November
8 November
9 November
9-10 November
17 year old Polish Jew shot a German in the Paris Embassy
Goebbels used the event to stir up resentment against Jews, attacking homes and synagogues
Goebbels and Hitler decided to turn this into a nationwide attack
Groups of uniformed and non uniformed gangs attacked Jewish communities
Effects of Kristallnacht
100 Jews were killed
814 shops were destroyed
171 homes were destroyed
191 synagogues were destroyed
