Impact of unemployment

• What percentage of factory workers were out of work by January 1933?

  40%
• What was the unemployment figure in January 1933?

  6 million
• What percentage of workers under 30 were unemployed by January 1933?

  50%
• What percentage of university graduates were unemployed by January 1933?

  60%
• How much were wages reduced by 1932 compared to their 1928 level?

  To 70% of their 1928 level
• What happened to taxes for those in work by 1932?

  They suffered from higher taxes
• What social issue increased due to unemployment and inability to pay rent?

  Homelessness
• What was the impact of unemployment on housing conditions?

  Increased homelessness led to makeshift shanty towns
• By what percentage did arrests for theft increase between 1929 and 1932?

  24%
• How many seats did the Nazis hold in the Reichstag by July 1932?

  230 seats
• How many seats did the communists hold in the Reichstag by July 1932?

  89 seats
• What was the change in the number of Nazi seats in the Reichstag from 12 to 230 indicative of?

  A significant increase in political support
• What does the increase in communist seats from 54 to 89 suggest about their political standing?

  They gained more political support
• 40% of factory workers, 50% of those under 30 and 60% of university graduates were out of work by January 1933, when unemployment hit 6 million.
• There was an increase of arrests for theft of 24% between 1929-32.
• By July 1932, the Nazi number of seats in the Reichstag rose from 12 to 230, the communists from 54 to 89.