nazi life of workers

• When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, there were 6 million people unemployed
• By 1939, unemployment had been reduced to just 302,000
• Initiatives to address unemployment:

  • Introduction of the National Labour Service (RAD) for job creation like building roads and planting forests
  • The German Labour Front prevented workers from being fired but also restricted them from leaving a job without government permission
  • Improved incentives for workers included holiday camps, theatre trips, and cars
• In Nazi Germany:

  • Women were excluded from unemployment statistics
  • Unemployed individuals had a choice: do government-assigned work or be sent to a concentration camp
  • Jews lost their citizenship in 1935, thus not counted in unemployment figures
  • Conscription in 1935 meant men in the army were not included in unemployment figures
• Factories were built to produce weapons for war, generating employment
• The National Labour Service (RAD) was introduced to create jobs like building roads and planting forests
• The German Labour Front prevented workers from being fired but also restricted them from leaving a job without government permission
• Incentives for workers were improved in Nazi Germany, including holiday camps, theatre trips, and cars