Social Impact of the Nazi State in 1945

Social Impact of the Nazi State in 1945

1.  Question – What was the opinion on the RAD and why?

Answer – Many people hated it. -The pay was low, the hours long and the work boring.

2.  Question – Name 4 examples of Job Creation Schemes.

Answer

  • Built 7000km of autobahns (motorways). 
  • Constructed public buildings. 
  • Construction for the 1936 Olympics. 
  • Subsidized private firms like car manufacturers.

3.  Question – What was invisible unemployment?

Answer – The groups of people who were missed out of the government employment figures. This included: -Jews being forced out of jobs. -Women being dismissed from jobs. -Unmarried men under 25 doing RAD. -Opponents of the regime sent to concentration camps.

4.  Question – What was the name of the German Labour Front and what did they do?

Answer – Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF). -They replace trade unions. -Workers had to be members. -They ran serveral schemes.

5.  Question – Name 3 schemes that the DAF ran.

Answer

  • Strength through Joy (KdF). 
  • Beauty of Labour (SdA). 
  • The Volkswagen.

 

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