outsider + volksgemeinschaft etc Flashcards
how big was the working class in 1933
46.3%
what was the only organisation open to workers after closing of trade unions
DAF - 5 to 22million by 1939
surface level success of economy by late 1930s due to hard policies DAF
full employment
However beneath surface level success of late 1930s
- real wages only rose above 1929 levels in 1938
- working hours 43 to 47
who promoted nazi ‘blood and soil’ ideology
Richard Darré
what did Blood and soil portray
peasants as most pure of Volk- symbol traditional nazi values
example of nazi regime benefit to agriculture
reich entailed farm law 1933 - security of tenure to medium sized farms
CA - downside to reich entailed farm law
-farmer only pass farm to 1 child = success
BUT family discontent and resentment on what to do w/ other children
success in farms surface
initial success to 1936 w/ rising incomes 1937 peasant disillusionment
evidence of success and CA to it in farming
20% rise in farming wages BUT wages still higher in city 3% population migrate
nazi policies effect on landowners
suspicious of nazis but ended up living comfortably
how did mitellsland miss out in WW1 - evidence nazi success w/ mittelsland
decline in small business commerce
-biggest supported nazism in 1930-33 elections
nazi success in appealing to mittesland - POLICY
1933 law to protect retail trade against jewish large department stores (had stolen consumers from smaller business)
HOWEVER evidence in anti success w/ mittesland can be discredited by
economic recovery = growth in department stores(middle class can not compete ) -1933 20% small business owners under 30 by 1939 only 10% under 30 = AGEING POPULATION
evidence of big business success w/ nazism
Oskar schindler business 1939 Krakow - benefits from jewish workforce + saves money in extermination
