nazi policies

• What was the unemployment rate in Germany when Hitler came to power?

  Six million
• What measures did Hitler introduce to reduce unemployment?

  • Creation of the National Labour Service Corps (RAD)
  • Public works programme
  • Rearmament
  • Control of the economy
  • Addressing invisible unemployment
  • Control of the workforce
  • Rewarding the workforce
• What was compulsory for all men aged 18-25 starting in 1935?

  Service in the RAD for six months
• What activities did workers in the RAD engage in?

  Manual labor jobs and military drill
• What types of projects were men put to work on in the public works programme?

  Building motorways, schools, hospitals, and houses
• How did Hitler's decision to rearm affect German industry?

  It transformed industry and created jobs
• What happened to coal and chemical usage between 1933 and 1929?

  It doubled
• Who was appointed as economic minister in 1934?

  Schacht
• What was Schacht's belief regarding government spending?

  Government should spend more than it receives
• Who replaced Schacht as economic minister?

  Goering
• What was the purpose of the Four-Year Plan introduced by Goering?

  Prepare for war and achieve self-sufficiency
• What was the unemployment figure in 1939?

  350,000
• Who was excluded from the unemployment figures?

  Jewish people, women, and Nazi opponents
• Why did Hitler ban trade unions?

  He viewed them as breeding grounds for socialism
• What organization replaced trade unions in May 1933?

  The German Labour Front
• What was the purpose of the Strength Through Joy organization?

  To improve leisure time for workers
• What were the three K's promoted by the Nazis for women?

  Children, kitchen, and church
• What did the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage provide?

  Loans for couples if the wife left her job
• What was introduced to reward women with large families?

  The Motherhood Cross medal
• What was the Lebensborn programme?

  Encouraged Aryan women to have children with SS men
• What was required of teachers in Nazi Germany?

  They had to belong to the Nazi Teachers' League
• How was the curriculum controlled in Nazi Germany?

  It was strictly controlled to promote Nazi ideals
• What did pupils do at the beginning of lessons?

  Saluted Hitler
• How did the Nazis aim to influence youth outside of school?

  Through the Hitler Youth movement
• When was it made compulsory to join the Hitler Youth?

  1939
• What training did boys and girls receive in the Hitler Youth?

  Boys received military skills, girls domestic training
• What did Hitler believe about pure Germans?

  They were the master race
• What did Hitler decide was necessary to rebuild the master race?

  Selective breeding and eliminating subhumans
• How did the Nazis use Jews as scapegoats?

  Blamed them for Germany's defeat and economic issues
• What was the first action taken against Jewish businesses in April 1933?

  Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
• What restrictions were placed on Jews in October 1933?

  They were banned from working as journalists
• What law was passed in September 1935 regarding Jews?

  Made it illegal for them to marry Aryans
• What happened during the Night of Broken Glass?

  7,500 Jewish shops destroyed and 100 killed
• What was required of Jewish passports in October 1938?

  They had to be stamped with the letter J
• What was the purpose of the forced sale of Jewish businesses in December 1938?

  To eliminate Jewish economic presence
• What happened to Jews in April 1939?

  They were evicted from their homes
• What was the fate of Jews after being evicted from their homes?

  They were forced into ghettos