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Aim To explain B the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate A the extent to which it was successful How did the Nazis deal with Germanys economic problems Labour Service amp public works ID: 670553

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Slide1

StarterSlide2

Nazi Economy

How developed was the economy?

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide3
Slide4

How did the Nazis deal with Germany’s economic problems?

Labour Service & public works

Wages

Rearming Germany

Did the Nazis improve the standard of living for German workers?

How did the Nazis reduce unemployment?

What was Strength Through Joy?

The New Plan

4

Changing standards of livingSlide5

Were Nazi economic policies successful?

 

YES

1939 – unemployment ended

Autobans

Motivated work force (

SdA

/

KdF

)

New inventions – synthetic oil, cloth

 

 

NO

Full employment only achieved by persecution of Jews and women

Repression of trade unions/control by RAD

Self sufficiency not achievedPublic works brought the economy to the brink of collapse in 1939

 

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide6

Hitler gave work to millions of unemployed

Hitler started a huge

programme

of public works, which gave jobs to thousands of people.

From

1933, huge motorways — Autobahns — were started. Unemployment fell dramatically.

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide7

People were encouraged to work by rewards

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successful

All

men between 18 and 25 could be recruited into the National

Labour

Service

and given jobs

.

The

Nazis got rid of trade unions. Instead workers had to join the Nazis'

Labour

Front.The Nazis introduced ‘Strength through Joy' — a scheme which provided workers with cheap holidays and leisure activities. Another scheme, 'Beauty of

Labour', encouraged factory owners to improve conditions for their workers. Output increased in Germany, and unemployment was almost ended completely. The Nazis introduced the Volkswagen (the people's car) as an ambition for people to aim

for.Wages were still relatively low though — and workers weren't allowed to go on strike or campaign for better conditions.Slide8

The new plan made Germany more self sufficient

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successful

Germany's industrial growth meant it was buying more raw materials from abroad. Germany was importing a lot more than it was exporting, which caused economic problems.

The

Minister of the Economy, S

chacht

. brought in the New Plan in

1934.

This

strictly controlled imports and encouraged exports — the aim was to make Germany more self sufficient. Production increased and unemployment fell.

Schacht

eventually resigned because he felt the increased focus on weapons production was damaging the economy. Control of the economy fell to Goring.Slide9

Hitler rearmed the German military

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successful

The Nazis built up the army secretly at first, because it was breaking the Treaty of Versailles.

Hitler

sacked some of the generals, and replaced them with Nazi supporters. Goring was put in charge of the Luftwaffe (air force), which had been banned at Versailles.

In

1935, military conscription was reintroduced (drafting men into the army).

In

1936, the Nazis introduced a Four-Year Plan to prepare the country for war. Industrial production increased — many workers had to retrain in jobs that would help the war effort.

The

plan was to make Germany a self-sufficient country (an "autarky") so it wasn't

reliant on foreign goods. They especially wanted to be self sufficient in the raw materials needed for war. But by 1939, Germany was still importing about a

third of its raw materials. Slide10

Preparing for war

In 1936 Goring was put in charge of the economy. He

aimed

to make Germany self sufficient — so it could produce enough goods and raw materials to not need imports.

Hitler

combined economic and military policy. The economy was being geared to war.

A

Four-Year Plan started in 1936 concentrated on war preparations

.

Many

workers were retrained to do jobs that would help the war effort, such as producing weapons and working in chemical plants.

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide11

How did the Nazis improve the economy?

The RAD provided men between 18-25 with manual labour jobs which reduced unemployment.

BUT it was compulsory from 1935. It was low paid and all workers lived in camps and had to wear uniform.

Hitler spent millions on job creation schemes. They introduced a massive road building scheme which built 7000km of autobahns as well as hospitals, schools and

houses.

BUT dismissed Jews and women were not included in figures and part time workers were listed and fully employed so the figures looked better than they

were.

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide12

Autarky

1936 Goering introduced the 4 year plan to create autarky (self sufficiency).

BUT these methods did not reduce the amount of imports that Germany imported.

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide13

Rearmament

Rearmament created jobs e.g. between 1933-39 oil, iron and steel usage trebled. In 1939 26 billion was spent on rearmament.

Hitler reintroduced conscription and men had to join the army meaning they were no longer unemployed.

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide14

The DAF (National

Labour

Front) was set up on May 2 1933. They replaced trade unions and was led by Robert

Ley.

Workers given relatively high wages

They set up the

KdF

Strength Through Joy which rewarded hard workers with sponsored leisure activities such as concerts, sporting events and cruises. They also

improved

working conditions building canteens and sports facilities and installing better

lights.

BUT T

he KdF meant that the German people’s leisure time was controlled.Workers received work books and if you didn’t have one e.g. you weren’t a member of the DAF you couldn’t get

work.Strikes were banned.

How did the Nazis improve the economy?

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide15

Evaluation task

Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the economy under the Nazis.

How successful were Nazi economic policies?

To what extent had the Nazis achieved their aims regarding the economy?

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide16

Examination technique

How important was the National Labour Service? (4)

How important was the Public Work Schemes (4)

How important was rearmament amongst other factors, in the success of the German economy between 1933 and 1942? (12)

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successfulSlide17

Source work

Using the source and your own knowledge explain why the autarky was so important to Nazi policy in the build up to World War Two (2)

Aim: To explain (B) the ways that the Nazis tried to strengthen the economy and evaluate (A) the extent to which it was successful