Impact of unemployment

• How many factory workers were out of work by Jan 1933?

  40%
• How many under 30 year olds were out of work by Jan 1933?

  50%
• How many uni graduates were out of work by Jan 1933?

  60%
• What did unemployment hit in Jan 1933?

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

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

  6 million
• How much were wages reduced by 1932 compared to 1928 levels?

  To 70% of their 1928 level
• What financial burden did workers face in addition to unemployment?

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

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

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

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

  Increased political support for Nazis
• What does the increase in communist seats from 54 to 89 signify?

  Growing support for communism