living standards under the Nazis

Question 1

for conformists, did living standards improve?

Answer 1

YES
unemployment dropped
real wages rose

Question 2

what was the main Nazi trade union?

Answer 2

DAF
led by Robert Ley

Question 3

how many DAF members by 1939?

Answer 3

22 million

Question 4

what powers did the DAF hold?

Answer 4

set working hours and wages
dealt harshly with strikes
Beauty of Labour
Strength through Joy

Question 5

what did the Beauty of Labour do?

Answer 5

provide cleaner working environments
recreational facilities
meals and exercise for workers

Question 6

how did the Strength Through Joy programme improve living standards?

Answer 6

provided extras such as:
- loans
- medial care
- extra food

FREE HOLIDAYS
REDUCED FEES FOR CHILDREN

Question 7

how many were going on the free holidays provided by the Strength through Joy scheme by 1938?

Answer 7

10 million

Question 8

in what ways did working conditions decrease under the Nazis

Answer 8

longer working hours
increased pay was restricted to rearmament industries
workers still paid high taxes and insurances

Question 9

in 1939 how much was the average working weak increased to?

Answer 9

increased from 43 hours a week to 47 hours a week

Question 10

what were Nazi views on social welfare?

Answer 10

they believed it was unnecessary in a Nazi society
HOWEVER
economic hardships led to the Nazis providing forms of social welfare

Question 11

what was the NSV?

Answer 11

the Nationalist Socialist People’s Welfare

Question 12

when was the NSV set up?

Answer 12

1933

Question 13

what did the NSV get involved in?

Answer 13

childcare
housing
aid

Question 14

NSV and childcare

Answer 14

ran creches and kindergartens as a part of the Mother and Child programme

Question 15

how many kindergartens run by NSV by 1938?

Answer 15

10,000

Question 16

NSV and housing

Answer 16

ran volunteer work schemes for housing
had block wardens

Question 17

how many block wardens by 1939?

Answer 17

500,000

Question 18

NSV and aid

Answer 18

ran the yearly Winter Aid programme which distributed food and clothing at emergency centres

Question 19

how much was Nazi investment in civilian industry?

Answer 19

RM 8 billion

Question 20

what had Goering said about the consumer industry?

Answer 20

he said that Germans had to get used to Guns not butter

showed a shift away from consumer goods markets

Question 21

was there any large scale construction of housing under the Nazis?

Answer 21

NO
despite wanting to increase it’s population through pro-natalism, it failed to provide any housing

Question 22

what was the impact of the Nazis banning mortgages?

Answer 22

the working class could not afford to buy new homes

Question 23

how did the Nazis hope to increase space for housing?

Answer 23

CONQUEST AND EXPANSION
the establishment of Lebensraum was a major factor of Nazi foreign policy

the Nazis hoped that by expanding to the East the German people would have more land to farm and more homes to live in

HEIM INS REICH

Question 24

what was a major consequence of increasing tariffs on importing food to promote autarky?

Answer 24

food prices massively increased

Question 25

what were the main agricultural reforms introduced by Darre?

Answer 25

Reich Entailed Farm Law
concessions for farmers
RNS

Question 26

Reich Entailed Farm Law

POSITIVES

Answer 26

gave security to farm owners

forbade the division of farmland to maximise agricultural production

Question 27

concessions for farmers

Answer 27

farm debts were written off

small farmers were given low interest rates and tax concessions

Question 28

RNS

Answer 28

controlled prices and distribution of farm produce

ensured farmers were paid properly

Question 29

impact of Darre’s agricultural reforms

Answer 29

increased prices had benefitted farmers initially
BUT
many reasons made life difficult for farmers

Question 30

Reich Entailed Farm Law

NEGATIVE

Answer 30

as farmers could only pass on land to one of their children, they could not secure the futures of the rest of their family

Question 31

were farmers paid well comparatively to workers in the city?

Answer 31

NO
factory workers in the city continued to earn way more than farmers did

reason why RUM was still happening