Nazi - Economy Flashcards

Question

Female Workers - Living Stanadards

Answer 1

The number of Women Workers increased from 11.4 million (1933) to 14.8 million (1939). Women were encouraged to take clerical jobs Average women's wages were half of men's Wages were so low that many women were forced into prostitution.

Answer 2

The destruction of trade unions meant that costs were kept relatively low (no wage negociations) Long working days increased productivity Large firms benefitted from Govt. contracts IG Farben helped with the creation of the 4 year plan and benefitted greatly from it.

Answer 3

Benefitted from low labour costs - no trade unions Hugo Boss (small) - used for Nazi uniforms Lost out to big business due to Govt. contracts Textile firms were banned from importing raw materials

Answer 4

Nazi economic policy was largely beneficial to the middle class. They benefitted from the KDF, eg. cheap opera tickets The middle class were encouraged to recognise their race over their class

Answer 5

RM 1.5 bn (1932) RM 2 bn (1933)

Answer 6

Administrative Chaos Contradicting Priorities Impossible plan

Answer 7

Overlapping organisations led to inefficiency - eg. 4 Year Plan Organisation, Ministry of Munitions, Ministry of Economics. Goering held many positions - eg. Head of the Luftwaffe, Plenipotentiary of the 4 Year Plan, Army Field Marshall, Minister of Prussia. Goering was addicted to morphine - affecting his work

Answer 8

The Final Solution was expensive and required lots of labour - not beneficial to the war effort. Goebbels' film Kolberg (1944) withdrew men from the frontline to serve as extras. The military were focused on R+D, eg. V1 + V2 rockets which never truely materialised / not as effective as expected. The pursuit of Autarky made war production inefficient, eg. Ersatz materials were more expensive than imports

Answer 9

Germany's economic plans were built on the assumption that Germany would win WW2. They had unrealistic aims for the army size - eg. they wanted the Luftwaffe to be 21,000 planes, never exceeded 5,000 Hitler accounted for resources that they would collect from conquered terriotry in their plans. Collecting these resources was expensive and inefficient. For example - they lacked skilled labour to extract oil from Stalingrad.

Answer 10

Increased military production - eg. Ammo output increased by 97% Increased labour productivity - 500,000 women changed jobs for more productive jobs, introduced 3 shifts in a day. He built temporary housing quickly for workers whose houses had been bombed to continue output. Blackmailed the Gauleiters to get their full suppory towards the war effort He standardised ammo production - overcoming the issue of using the wrong ammo on the front line. Halted the production of non-essential goods - stamped with "Return to sender - irrelevant to war effort" He made efficient use of labour from conquered territory / concentration camps.

Answer 11

Failed to stop conscription of key skilled labourers - breaking the promise Hitler had made him in 1943. Speer's plans were often halted by Nazi infighting - Hanke was not made Labour deployment commissioner. He was late to the war effort - reforms did not begin until 1942. Allied bombing was damaging to morale - Dresden (1945)

Answer 12

1. Allied bombing ruined infrastructure 2. Rapid escalation of rearmament ruined other sectors 3. Economic leaders were often un qualified - eg. Albert Speer = Architect

Nazi - Economy Flashcards

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