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GCSE History: Germany Part IV - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The main reason for the fall in unemployment was due to rearmament. He brought back conscription and set up an air force. The army grew quickly from 100k in 1933 to 1.4 mil in 1939. 46 million marks were spent on weapons and equipment so even more jobs were created to produce these weapons.
    - - Hitler set up a National Labour Service. This gave men jobs in public work schemes such as building schools, hospitals and the 1936 Olympic Stadium. The biggest was the construction of the autobanhs (motorways).
        Men in the RAD had to wear uniform, live in camps and were given pocket money as wages. They got free meals and they felt proud as they were rebuilding Germany. They were forced to work at 18 for 6 months before being conscripted. The manual work toughened them up for the army.
    - - Hitler abolished the Trade Unions and replaced them with the German Labour Front. It was run by Dr. Robert Ley. There were some improvements for workers such as bosses were not allowed to sack workers on the spot. However, workers were also banned from leaving a job without the government's permission. Dr. Ley abolished the right for workers to bargain for higher wages and he made strikes illegal. He also removed the restriction on the numbers of hours a person could be made to work. Many Germans found themselves working 60-72 hours a week. Not many complained because by 1936 workers were being payed 35 marks a week - ten times more than how much they were being payed in 1932.
    - - The drop of unemployment wasn't only due to the creation of new jobs. Jews and women were forced out of their jobs and these were not recorded. Women were given loans to persuade them to marry and give up their jobs. In Weimar Germany, there had been 100k female teachers, 3k female doctors and 13k musicians but many were sacked. Employers were told to favour men.