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1
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What was built in 1933 to reduce employment

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Huge motorways called Autobahns were created. Unemployment fell dramatically

2
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What did the Nazis do to the employment figures

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They made unemployment look lower than it actually was e.g. They did not count unemployed women or Jewish people in these statistics - this was called invisible employment

3
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What did the Nazis replace trade unions with

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Nazi’s labour front

4
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What was “strength through joy”

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A scheme providing workers with cheap holidays and leisure activities

5
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What scheme was the “beauty of labour”

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This encouraging factory workers to give better conditions to its employees

6
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What was the drawbacks to all this employment

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Wages were relatively low and workers were not allowed to campaign or go on strike

7
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What was the four year plan created in 1936

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This was to prepare the country for war. Industrial production increased and many workers had to retrain in jobs that helped the war effort. The plan was to make Germany self sufficient, and non reliant on foreign goods.

8
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What did the nazis do to influence children and mothers

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Created powerful youth groups

Took over education

Raised large families

9
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What were boys recruited into

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Hitler youth

10
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What were girls recruited into

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The league of German maidens

11
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What did boys do in the Hitler Youth

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They wore military style uniforms and did lots of physical activities. This was to set them up to become nazi soldiers

12
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What did girls do in the league of maidens

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They learnt domestic skills like sewing. This was to encourage them to be good housewives

13
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What did schools start teaching

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Nazi Propaganda

14
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What happened to the Jewish students

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They were banned from attending schools and universities

15
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What association did teachers join

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The Nazi teachers association

16
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What were children taught about WW1

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That it was lost because of Jews and Communists

17
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Which subject grew in importance

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Physical education for boys - they sometimes played war games with live ammunition

18
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What types of books were burnt in Nazi Germany and who was sacked

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Anti - Nazi and Jewish books were burned and Jewish lecturers were sacked

19
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What did Nazis believe was the role of women in society

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They believed women were to support their families at home and provide children.

20
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What idea did the League of German Maidens encourage

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That women should produce large families and if done so awards were given

21
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What subjects at school did girls study

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Many domestic skills such as cooking

22
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What was stressed to girls about marriage

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They should only choose ‘Aryan husbands’

23
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What were women banned from becoming in 1936

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The women were banned from becoming lawyers and encouraged not to follow other professions.

24
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What did the shortage of workers mean in 1937 and what were men’s opinions of this

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That women had to go back to work and many men disliked this.

25
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Eight Reason why Hitler was so popular

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1) He gave people jobs
2) People we taught the nazi ideology from an early age
3) He made the Germans feel proud again internationally after years of humiliation
4) People felt better off under him
5) Massive rallies gave the impression of a strong and powerful nation
6) Hitler had the support of the army, which gave him power
7) Business prospered and many liked the way Hitler got rid of communism
8) People were frightened of hitler meaning there weren’t many protests

26
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What programme did Hitler start to get rid of unemployment

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He started huge programme of public works, which gave work to thousands