Complete notes on Nazi Economic Policies from the AQA Alevel History, Democracy & Nazism course from an A* student!!!
This includes information on;
- key terms
- Hitler's economic aims
- the role of Schacht
- Goering & the 4 year plan
- extent of economic recovery
- propoganda
- nazi or...
Unlike the trade
Key mean for unions they
achieving a replaced, they were
Volkgemeinschaft not involved in
since it was wage bargaining
Headed by intended to win
Ley, it was over workers to 'A fighting
the largest Nazism and economy' -
Took over the
organisation restore social an A question
Illustrates how unions' assets and
No worker actually within the peace economy asked to
independent workers were now
received a car Third Reich which was highlight the
organisations represented in one
- it was purely to reduce based on controversial
were replaced body - a nazi
the danger of inflation by the need to economic choice
by Nazi controlled one
boosting savings & cutting prepare for between
domestic expenditure controlled Good example of war rearmament and W
ones Gleischschaltung - Nazi Set up in May consumer goods unde
control of all key areas. What it 1933 after autarky
was? trade unions - just h
In 1938 they In 1939 The aim for
Gave workers the opportunity were banned this was Improve self s
organised the self-sufficiency in
to to subscribe 5 marks a extended living
Volkswagen the production of
week to a fund eventually Schemes they to women conditions &
(people's car) food & raw
allowing them to acquire a car offered The DAF create a
scheme materials, Ge
especially when sense of econo
A June 1935 law made 6 months optimism to
at war bec
Aimed to improve work labour service compulsory for all consolidate
facilities (the beautification men aged between 19-25 self-s
his power as p
of the work environment)
This due to
Propoganda, Autarky
was a of
along with terror, Desribed by Ley as Developed a
subdivision inev
ensured there the quickest voluntary scheme
were few signs of In 1938, over 10 within under the Weimar
means of bringing Wehrwirtschaft
Adverts for items such as unrest. They million took KdF the Republic Guns or
National Socialism Hitler's
the 'people's car' and ' succeeded in holidays KdF butter?
to the workers economic aims
people's receiver' & for persuading the
cruise ship holidays gave majority of people Schönheit
the impression that to accept these Created by the DAF to improve RAD or Reich Tackle the
der Arbeit Labour Service So short term
Germans were receiving burdens workers' leisure activities such as depression &
holidays, sport, theatre etc Key terms restore G to full revive the econ
an unprecedented rise in
employment reduce unemplo
living standards The WC & Nazi
Germans were
encouraged to AKA 'Strength for Joy' organisations
The quest for The KdF
self-sufficiency was
buy German Economic Policies
products
Getting them to work presented as a battle for the
whole 'peoples community'
Propaganda was
harder & accept there
through speeches and radio vital to the success
would be a squeeze on
wages - they were broadcasts of the 4 year plan Extent of We see this choice between guns
doing this for the economic We can also see the or butter but ultimately the need On the 4th Septe
greater good of Managed to get the Some of worker's pay was recovery extent of this priority for guns are driving this plan Hitler put Goering i
Germany national income to higher increasing however this was through the fact that new economic orga
than what it had been in disguised in the fact that they Germany's GNP on
Positive office of the 4 y
1928 - reached were working longer hours military expenditure 1. Regulate imports &
pre-depression levels developments was significantly exports whereby chemical
higher in Germany & metals (e.g) sectors
than Britain & USA were prioritised at the Goering & the
Businesses were 4 year plan
able to increase Farmers were helped by expense of agriculture Gener
Eg. Large chemical companies such as I G Farben increased tariffs on imports
their profits through 4y
increased their profits from 71 million to 240 million imports and higher prices Steps to tackle
the rearmament Arguable
Reichsmarks in this 4 year period this plan -
programme that the 2. Controlling the
especially. statistics for
By 1939, labour force to
HOWEVER - employment still are there were Limitations the prevent price inflation.
fairly slowly considering Hitler's labour unemployed E.g creation of Reich 4. Developed ersatz
promise was everyone would be Unemployment shortages in = not that Price Commissoner & (substitute) products eg
employed (due to 'invisible was reduced some parts of reliable work of DAF oil from coal
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