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1
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How high was unemployment in 1932?

A

6 million unemployed in 1932

2
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What had Hitler promised during his campaigns?

A

To reduce and remove unemployment (He campaigned on slogans such as ‘Work and ‘Bread’)

3
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What was the National Labour Service (RAD)?

A

The National Labour Service (RAD) provided manual work for the unemployed.

4
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When was the National Labour Service (RAD) established?

A

1933

5
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Was the National Labour Service (RAD) compulsory?

A

Only after 1935, when all young men (18-25) were forced to spend 6 months in the RAD. Before 1935, it was a voluntary service.

6
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What sort of work did the National Labour Service (RAD) undertake?

A
  • Worked in the fields
  • Built public buildings (e.g. Olympic Stadium for 1936 Olympics)
  • Built autobahns (motorways) - 7000 kms by 1939
7
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How many men were employed to work on the autobahns?

A

80,000 men

8
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What was re-introduced in 1935 that helped reduce unemployment?

A

Conscription (being forced to join the army)

9
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How many men were in the army in 1933?

A

100,000

10
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How many men were in the army in 1939?

A

1.4 million

11
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How much money was spent on military hardware (tanks, aircraft, ships etc.) in 1939?

A

3.5 billion marks - this helped create jobs

12
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Which industries trebled in size between 1933 and 1939, creating thousands more jobs?

A

The oil, iron, and steel industries

13
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What was Hitler’s ‘Four Year Plan’ and when was it issued?

A

Issued in 1936, it was a plan to prepare Germany for war within 4 years

14
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What is meant by autarky?

A

To be self-sufficient (able to survive without importing goods)

15
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Why did Hitler want Germany to achieve autarky?

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If Germany achieved autarky (self-sufficiency) then the effect of a naval blockade (during a war) would be minimal

16
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How many people were unemployed by 1938?

A

0.5 million

17
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What was ‘invisible unemployment’?

A

Dubious methods used to reduce the official unemployment rate by not including certain groups

18
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Which people were not counted on official unemployment figures (invisible unemployment)?

A
  • Jews dismissed from their jobs
  • women dismissed from their jobs or who left work to marry
  • opponents of the Nazis held in concentration camps