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Life in Nazi Germany - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Allowed Hitler to increase power without opposition from the Catholic Church, as long as he left the Church alone.
      - Hitler didn't keep his side of the bargain
    - - Emphasized peace
      - The Old Testament was considered a "Jewish Book"
      - Difficult to justify why, if Jesus was a Jew, all Jews were bad
    - - Ban the Old Testament
      - Remove the focus from Jesus
      - Tried to refocus the religion and merge Christianity and Nazism together
        
        German Christian Movement
      - Remove people from the influence of religion
        
        Eventually failed - By the end of WWII attendance at church had increased dramatically
        
        In 1937 Hitler was forced to return control of the Church to the old Protestant leadership, in return for a promise that the Church would stay out of politics.
      - Took away Christian (especially Catholic) schools, forcing children to go to public, Nazi run ones
      - Sent many priests and pastors to concentration camps
  - - - Made Nazism prevalent in the daily lives of the people
- - - - All young men spent six months in the NLS, then were conscripted - didn't count as unemployed
  - - - By the outbreak of war, Germany was still importing 20 per cent of its food and 33 per cent of its raw materials.
  - - - By 1937, monopolies controlled over 70 per cent of production
      - The Nazis had links to major companies
      - Profits rose by 50% between 1933 and 1939
    - - Rules on opening and running small businesses were tightened
      - 20% of them closed
    - - Improved - prices for products grew and agricultural wages rose very quickly
      - The Hereditary Farm Law of 1933 prevented farms from being repossessed from their owners, which gave farming families greater security
  - - - Replaced Trades Unions
      - Set wages
      - Nearly always followed the wishes of employers, rather than employees.
    - - Gave workers rewards for their work - evening classes, theatre trips, picnics, and even very cheap or free holidays.
    - - Helped Germans see that work was good, and that everyone who could work should
      - Encouraged factory owners to improve conditions for workers.
  - - - Blacklisted
- - - - 90% of boys over 14 were members
      - Prepared boys to be soldiers
      - Wore military-style uniforms
      - Focused on physical exercise and rifle practice, as well as political indoctrination
    - - Prepared girls for motherhood
      - Wore a uniform of blue skirt, white blouse and and heavy marching shoes
      - Some physical exercise, but activities mainly centered on developing domestic skills to use as a wife and mother
  - - - Taught Aryans supremacy, Nazi racial theories of evolution, and eugenics, especially for the girls
    - - Included a course on the rise of the Nazi Party
      - Portrayed Germans/Aryans in the best light possible
    - - New subject that dealt with Aryan ideas and anti-Semitism
    - - Five hours a week in school, plus activity in Hitler Youth and BDM
- - - - Children (Kinder), Kitchen (Küche), and Church (Kirche)
    - - Wore traditional German peasant clothes/costumes
      - Hair in plaits or buns
      - Flat shoes
      - No make-up, hair dye
      - Plump was better than skinny - thought to be better for childbirth
      - No pants
      - Not supposed to smoke in public
  - - - Also gave 250 marks for each child they had