work

• what was strength through joy?

  gave hard workers incentives such as trips
• what was beauty of labour?

  improved conditions for workers
• what decreased when hitler was in power?

  unemployment
• what is an autobahn?

  motorway
• what happened to cost of living?

  rose 25% but wages did not
• when did working hours go up and how much?

  in 1939 they went up from 43 to 49
• how many members did the KDF have by 1939?

  35 million
• what did nazis ban and what was set up in place of it?

  trade unions in 1933 and labour front was set up
• did everyone benefit equally from standard of living?

  no
• wages did improve for German workers however it was not the same for everyone as price of goods increased meaning others wages increases cancelled out
• workers wages went up but they were working longer to earn the money
• hitler knew he must make sure the German economy benefit German workers so the support for the nazi party didn't decrease
• what did the labour front do?

  protected rights of workers setting minimum pay levels and maximum hours
• what happened to people who disrupted production?

  workers were punished
• what were Germans many to see work as?

  the way to a happy life and to make the nation stronger
• how many marks were germans encourages to pay into the Volkswagen?

  5
• what was the volswagen scheme?

  German workers encouraged to pay 5 marks of their wages to entitle them to a new car
• what happened to the Volkswagen scheme?

  the factories were changed to set up for wwII so all people lost their money and never saw a new car
• by 1938 how many companies had improved facilities according to nazis?

  34,000
• what were workers expected to do?

  stay back after hours with no extra pay to decorate and build themselves
• what happened to those who didn't volunteer? (SdA)

  threatened with dismissal
• how many jobs did things such as autobahns give?

  125,000
• how much did unemployment fall by?

  4 million
• what happened when trade unions were abolished?

  no workers fought for their rights due to fear of the nazi party
• how many were thought to be unemployed due to invisible unemployment?

  1.5 million
• why was the RAD unpopular?

  • low pay
  • run like a military
  • compulsory from 1935