Workers and Work

Question 1

What was the Labour Service Corps?

Answer 1

A scheme to provide young men with jobs

It was compulsory

Question 2

From when was the Labour Service Corps compulsory?

Answer 2

1935

Question 3

From what ages was the Labour Service Corps compulsory and for how long?

Answer 3

18-25

For 6 months

Question 4

How much did Hitler spend on job creation schemes?

Answer 4

Increased by 18.7 billion marks

Question 5

What groups were not included in unemployment figures under the Nazi’s? (4)

Answer 5

• Jews dismissed from their jobs
• Unmarried men under 25
• Women dismissed or that gave up work
• Opponents to Nazi’s that were held in concentration camps

Question 6

When was conscription introduced in Nazi Germany?

Answer 6

1935

Question 7

How much did the Nazi German army grow from 1933 to 1939?

Answer 7

Increased by 1,300,000

Question 8

What were to points that show people were better off under the Nazi’s? (5)

Answer 8

• Strength through joy
• Beauty of work
• Volkswagen scheme
• Wages
• Food consumption

Question 9

What was Strength through joy set up to replace?

Answer 9

Trade unions

Question 10

What replaced trade unions in Nazi Germany?

Answer 10

Strength through joy

Question 11

What was Strength through joy?

Answer 11

Set up to try improve the leisure time of the German workers by sponsoring a range of leisure and cultural trips

Question 12

What did Beauty of work try and do?

Answer 12

Improve working conditions

Question 13

Give some examples of Beauty of Work

Answer 13

• Building of canteens
• Building of swimming pools
• Installed better lighting

Question 14

What year was the Volkswagen scheme introduced?

Answer 14

1938

Question 15

What was the Volkswagen scheme?

Answer 15

Where people could invest 5 marks a week to eventually acquire a car

Question 16

How much did wages rise from 1932 to 1938

Answer 16

From 86 marks per week to 109 marks

Question 17

What were the points to show that the German people were worse off under the Nazi’s

Answer 17

• Lack of freedom
• Strength through Joy
• Volkswagen swindle
• Cost of living
• Hours of work

Question 18

When were trade unions banned?

Answer 18

1933

Question 19

What could workers no longer do now that trade unions were abolished?

Answer 19

• Negotiate for better pay or reduced hours of work

- Strike

Question 20

What was wrong with strength through joy? (2)

Answer 20

• Very few workers could afford the more expensive activities
• caused a lot of resentment as workers had do build the improvements from beauty through work themselves

Question 21

What was wrong with the Volkswagen scheme?

Answer 21

It was a con

By 1939 no one had a car

Question 22

Why was the cost of living more in Nazi Germany?

Answer 22

Government policy to reduce agricultural production to keep up prices for farmers