Workers And Farmers in Nazi Germany? Flashcards
(9 cards)
In what methods did Nazi’s persuade the workers?
-> Strong through Joy Scheme
-> People bought “Volkswagen Beetle”
-> Beauty of Labour movement
What was the Strength through Joy scheme
-> Cheap cinema tickets, organised courses, trips and sport events
What was the purpose of purchasing the Volkswagen Beetle?
-> It became the “people’s car” and became a symbol of the new prosperous Germany.
What was the Beauty of Labour movement?
-> Improved working conditions in factories
-> Introduced new features into the work place.
evidence: washing facilities, low - cost canteens
What was the price of the Nazi rule that workers had to pay?
-> Workers lost their main political party + trade unions –> workers never got over this
-> All workers joined DAF run by Dr Robert Lay –> Kept workers under strict control
-> No trade unions = not striking for pay and conditions
What were the measures for The Nazis farming communities
-> Measure 1: September 1933, Hitler introduced the Reich food estate.
-> Set up control boards to buy agricultural produce from farmers an distribute it across markets in Germany
-> Measure 2: Reichs entailed farm Law
-> Banks couldn’t seize land if they couldn’t pay loans
-> Farm law was part of blood and soil philosophy
What were the peasants’ reactions to the New measures
-> efficient farms were held back by having to work through the same processes as less efficient farmers
-> Rural depopulation ran about 3 perce per yer in 1930s
-> Nazis did NOT want this
Small business in Nazi germany?
-> If you owned a small engineering firm, you do well due to government rearmament spending growth in 1930s
-> If u were selling consumer goods then you would struggle
Big business in Nazi Germany?
