Weimar and Nazi Germany-Life in Nazi Germany

Question 1

What is the Law for the encouragement of Marriage

Answer 1

created in 1933, newlywed coups would be given a loan of 1000 marks and they got to keep 250 marks for each child they had. If a woman had 8 children she was given the gold mothers cross

Question 2

List 3 aspects of nazi ideas on what a woman should look like

Answer 2

• no makeup
• not slim-because it was believed that slim women had difficulties having children
• dress modestly

Question 3

What is Lebensborn (1935)

Answer 3

lebensborn was that an unmarried woman could offer to have a baby for a member of the SS-because the nazis were worried about the low number of births and wanted to increase the population

Question 4

When was hitler youth initially made compulsory,how was this made harsher in 1939

Answer 4

1936- in 1939 all boys aged 10 and over were automatically conscripted into the hitler youth

Question 5

Give 3 details about activities done in the hitler youth

Answer 5

• personal skills such as aggression and competitiveness were taught
• had to swear oath of loyalty to hitler
• teamwork was encouraged by hosting sporting competitions

Question 6

What was the main purpose of the German League of Maidens

Answer 6

to prepare young girls to be housewives and mothers-they taught them activities such as sewing,cooking and cleaning in order to do this

Question 7

Explain how these aspects where impacted by nazi education

a) teachers b) lessons c) history d)jews

Answer 7

a) 1933- Teachers had to be members of the nazi party, anyone who wasn’t could be sacked. They had to swear an oath of loyalty to hitler.
b) Eugenics was introduced to teach children ideas about the ‘master’ race; PE lessons were increased to ensure that boys were fit to be the soldiers of the future
c) history textbooks were rewritten they taught that jews were evil and the treaty of Versailles was unfair and should be removed
d) 1935 Nuremburg laws meant that jewish students were banned from school

Question 8

Explain the 4 attempts by hitler to reduce unemployment

Answer 8

Autobahns- started in 1933, lots of long motorways build around germany. In 1935 125,000 men were employed to do autobahns. By 1938 3,500km of Autobahns was built
Invisible Unemployment- certain groups were removed from unemployment figures when they were banned from work (women,jews). People who were in labour/concentration camps were also not counted as unemployed.Part time written off as full time
Rearmament- lots of money spent on weapons. In 1935 hitler introduced conscription
Labour Service (RAD)-introduced in 1933, unemployed could join the RAD to help improve the state of Germany such as plating trees, fixing roads and picking up litter. In 1935 RAD was made compulsory because it was unpopular

Question 9

Explain the 4 government schemes for workers

Answer 9

Strength through Joy- section of the DAF, rewarded workers for their work by organising activities such as Museum Tours (2.5 milliion involved ) and Cheap Holidays (700,000 involved)
Beauty of Labour- allowing workers to campaingn for better conditions in their workplaces. However, the workers had to build and decorate these facilities themselves.
German Labour Front- an organisation to ‘protect’ workers rights
Volkswagen (strength through joy)-