Transcript Nazi Germany Revision

Nazi Germany Revision
How did life change under the
Nazis?
Economic Policy
Hitler came to
power during the
Great
Depression.
What did he
promise voters?
“Work and
Bread”
What were Hitler’s 3
aims for the
German economy?
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•
•
Rearmament
Make Germany selfsufficient
Reduce
unemployment
What was the German Labour Front
(DAF?) [4]
► Organisation
to control workers set up by Dr
Robert Ley
► Workers HAD to join
► All other trade unions were banned – this was
the only one.
► They decided wages.
► Made them work building new motorways,
schools, hospitals etc
What was Strength Through Joy? [4]
► Part
of DAF
► Organised leisure time of
workers e.g. cheap
theatre trips, cruises,
holidays etc. (Jews
obviously not welcome)
► Used for propaganda for
the Nazis
► All workers encouraged
to save for a Volkswagen
What was the RAD? [4]
► All
18-25 year old men
had to do 6 month’s
work service.
► Unpopular because it
was hard, manual labour
and poorly paid.
► Nazis tried to use the
RAD to indoctrinate
young adults.
► Some liked it because it
gave them a uniform
and a sense of purpose.
How did Hitler deal with Trade Unions?
[4]
► He
did want any potential opposition
► He
could control workers via the DAF instead
► German
labour front took away the right to
strike and reduced worker’s pay
► Many
trade unionists imprisoned in
concentration camps
Was life better for workers?
Small
businesses
benefited.
Big businesses
benefited from
rearmament
DAF: For
many, this
was a lifeline.
“Strength
through Joy”
RAD: unpopular
because of low
People worked longer
hours
Trade unions banned.
Many Jews and
women sacked from
their jobs
Communists etc
couldn’t claim
unemployment
benefit
What did the Nazis
think women should
concentrate on?
K, K, K – Kinder,
Kuche, Kirche
Children, Cooking and
Church
How did they encourage women to have
children?
Propaganda
Financial
rewards – for
brides who did
not work and for
giving birth
Motherhood
Cross – medals
to women who
had more than 4
children
How did they encourage women to have
children?
15% of all teachers, women
doctors and civil servants
were sacked.
Public pressure. and
poster campaigns
encouraged to stop women
smoking and to encourage
them to do sport (to
increase their fertility)
What was the name of the main
organisation for Nazi children?
Don’t forget Hitler’s attitude towards
children!
“I believe that children are
the future!”
What organisation did girls join?
BDM
Name 3 activities of the Hitler Youth
Camping
Hiking
“War Games”
Sports
Military training
Why was education so important to
the Nazis?
Wanted a future
generation that were
blindly loyal to Hitler and
the Nazis.
Needed to prepare boys
for the army (to fulfil the
Lebensraum plan)
Used schools for
propaganda.
How did Nazi policy affect
education?
•All teachers vetted by local Nazi officials. Any
teacher considered disloyal was sacked.
•97% of all teachers joined the Nazi Teachers'
Association.
•Subjects changed i.e. History was based on the
glory of Germany.
•Jewish children ridiculed and humiliated
•Girls taught to focus on Children, Cooking,
Church
•Big emphasis on PE.
What was the Concordat?
The Pope signed a Concordat with Hitler. He
agreed not to interfere in Nazi politics if the
Church was left alone.
How did the Nazis change the Church?
► Church
posed a threat to the Nazis. They didn’t want
people being loyal to any other organisation.
► Concordat signed with Pope.
► Many Jehovah’s Witnesses were sent to
concentration camps.
► In 1936, the Reich Church was created. This did not
have the Christian cross as its symbol but the
swastika. The Bible was replaced by "Mein Kampf"
which was placed on the altar. By it was a sword. Only
invited Nazis were allowed to give sermons in a Reich
Church.
How did Church resist the Nazi policies?
•Many Church leaders went
along with the Nazi policies
•Martin Niemoller – started
Confessional Church
•Sent to concentration camp.
Who were the untermensch?
People the Nazis thought were
‘subhuman’
•Jews, gypsies, homosexuals,
mentally ill people
•Jews persecuted, then sent
to ghettoes, then
concentration camps
•% of Germany's gypsies
were killed.
Black people were sterilised
and killed.
The Nazis and the Jews
► Remember,
the Jews were NOT sent to
concentration camps immediately!!!
Remember!
1933 – Nazis come
to power
1935 – Nuremburg
Laws
1938 – Kristallnacht
1939-Final Solution
How were the Jews treated when the
Nazis first came to power?
►
SA stopped people buying from Jewish shops.
► They were marked with yellow star or had “Juden” written
on them
► Propaganda against Jews.
► Children at schools taught anti-Semitic ideas
► On buses, trains and park benches, Jews had to sit on seats
marked for them.
The Nazis and the Jews
► Remember,
the Jews were NOT sent to
concentration camps immediately!!!