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Social and Domestic Policies in Authoritarian States - Coggle Diagram
Social and Domestic Policies in Authoritarian States
Women
Fascist Italy
Expectations
Get Married and have a lot of children
Mussolini launched the Battle for Births in 1927 in hopes to double Italy's current population which was ultimately a total disaster.
Large families earned better tax benefits
Needed a larger population and a larger army to look like a stronger force
Given a target of 5 children per family
Nazi Germany
Expectations
The 3 K's
Kinder (Children)
Kuche (Kitchen)
Kirche (Church)
Stay at home and look after the family
The Law for the Reduction of Unemployment gave women financial incentives to stay at home to watch over the family and serve their purpose of the 3 K's
Secure the future of the Aryan race
Were given incentives to have more children, specifically Aryan children that were considered the master race at the time
Hitler introduced the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage which granted couples 250 marks for each child they had
Children and Education
Nazi Germany
Had some opposition from the youth such as the Edelweiss Pirates and the White Rose Group
Developed Hitler Youth to train young boys in proper Nazi ideologies
Found the strongest and most pureblood students to put into "Order Castles" where only the most elite Hitler Youth students would go to become a part of the Nazi military
Fascist Italy
Programs
Set up the ONB also known as the Balilla as an education system for young children to raise them in the way of the fascist
Viewed the youth as manipulatable and frequently changing minds that can still be morphed into the ideologies of fascism and raising them fascist
Promised children education and jobs when they grew older which was appealing to the population
Culture
Fascist Italy
Did not have many loyal supporters, so Mussolini focused on gaining support from the Catholic church
Made teaching of Roman Catholicism mandatory in schools
Signed Lateran Treaty that could guarantee him more Catholic followers
Plastered pictures of his face all over Italy with pictures of him looking up like a leader
Had own military in the Brown Shirts
Communist China
Mao terrorized most religious groups especially Buddhists and Muslims
Created collective farms which eventually turned into communes that housed 10,000-60,000 Chinese at a time
Tried to make a more united China that could get anything done with the idea of "strength in numbers"
Turned out to fail and millions of Chinese starved to death due to lack of resources and false reports to Mao about resources
Nazi Germany
Constant presence among the German people
Swastika appeared on every building
Hitler's face widely displayed
Censored the press only allowing pro-Nazi stories to. be printed
Developed the Concordat, a treaty with the Pope which Hitler believed he earned full support of the Catholic community
BLACK SHIRTS
Economics
Nazi Germany
War
The Nazi's have always been war hungry as they believe it is the basis to economy.
Heavily funded military and created programs of rearmament
Hard Work
Wages were at an all time low in Nazi Germany after the Great Depression but somehow weekly wages were increasing. This was due to the immense hours of work that the Nazi citizens were putting in to provide for their families.
Fascist Italy
Poor economy
Biennio Rosso
The two red years showed severe inflation and depreciation of Italian economy similar to the other countries in Europe
Shortages in food and severe spike in unemployment
Was a mix of socialist and capitalist ideologies in the sense where self-sufficiency was a large part of the economy