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The
New Plan
Schacht
in
1934
Involved
trade deals
with other countries to increase German exports and secure
raw materials
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Schacht
's mefo bills
credit notes that could be exchanged for cash at the Reichbank and ensured private companies had confidence they would get their money
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what
did mefo bills achieve?
promised
4%
interest per annum if they kept them for 5 years so rearmament could be started without the
gov
having the funds to finance it
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autarky
self-sufficiency
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4
Year Plan
Goering in
1936
aimed to be war ready in
4
years based on
autarky
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how
was the 4 year plan done?
controls on
labour supply
, wages, prices,
foreign currency.
Gave production targets and increased production on
chemicals
,
iron
and steel.
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How was the 4 year plan a failure?
By
1939
, only created enough ammunition for
6
weeks of war
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How was autarky a failure?
In 1939, Germany still imported
1/3
of its raw materials
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Autobahns
superhighways
presented to show economic and
technological
prosperity.
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How many were employed from the production of
Autobahns
?
125,000
at peak of construction
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Why was Autobahns a myth?
only
3800
km out of the 7000 target made and stopped production in
1942
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How
were employment figures a myth?
unemployment figures didn't include those who Nazis didn't want in work, such as women
employment figures inflated by including
unpaid
and occasional
contract
workers
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estimate of 'invisible unemployment'
1.5
million workers
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The Volkswagen (people's car)
promoted by strength through joy, persuading workers to pay into a
savings
scheme to eventually purchase one but workers never able to get enough to have
one
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