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Nazi Economics - Coggle Diagram
Nazi Economics
Economic policies
Public works
Autobahn built
80,000 jobs
Olympic stadium build 1936
Forests planted
eg: Northeim
Reich Labour Service (RAD)
Youth unemployment reduced
Membership made compulsory in 1935
all 16-25 year olds employed
German Labour Front (DAF)
Benefits
Regular breaks
Paid
Very unlikely to be sacked
Regular working hours
Drawbacks
Must be totally loyal to Nazi State
Workers couldn't leave a job without government permission
Strikes illegal
Workers couldn't "bargain" for higher wages
Beauty of Labour (SdA)
Make workplaces more attractive to workers
Factories freshened up
Smoke free rooms
Canteens opened
Workplaces kept clean
Strength through joy (KDF)
Took care of leisure time
Each worker had 3,740 hours leisure time per year
Leisure activities provided by states
Theatre performances
Sports events
Holidays and cruises
Canary Islands cruise cost 62 marks
Mainly for Nazi Party officials
Week-end trips
Exhibitions
1934 2.3m Germans took KDF holidays
1938 10 million took KDF holidays
Cars (eg VW Beetle)
Pay money into an account and eventually you get a car
didn't happen
Targets
Full employment
26% unemployment 1933
1939 100% employment
Problems
Women and Jews not included in unemployment figures
Not as good opportunities
Wages
Real wages were the same in 1938 as in 1928
Jewish jobs given to non Jews
Reparations halted
More money to invest
Autarky
Self sufficiency
No foreign imports
Trying to make oil from coal and find substitutes for rubber, petrol and cotton
Unsuccessful
Nation fed
Deficit
Government spends more than they earn
Earn through taxes and imports
Government debt of 40B+ Reichsmarks in 1939
Army, airfare + navy
1.4 million
more business
weapons