Farmers - N

Question 1

How were farmers benefitted by the economical changes made under the Nazis?

Answer 1

Taxes were reduced.
Farmers could not be thrown off their land if they got into debt.
Farmers had to keep their farms large and controlled by the same families, farmers could not divide their land between their children.

By 1937, agricultural prices had increased by 20%.

Question 2

How were farmers disadvantaged by the economical changes made under the Nazis?

Answer 2

Some farmers did not like the law that prevented the division of farms as their children had to look for jobs in the city instead.

In the late 1930s, the Nazis controlled the food prices.

Many farmers left their land due to poverty.