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Reducing unemployment (Page 123)
Labour Service (RAD)
Provided paid work for the unemployed
Provided workers for public works such as repairing roads, planting trees and draining marshes
At first it was voluntary but for 1935, it was compulsory for all young men to serve for six months here
Reached 422,000 people in 1935
Wasn't popular as it was very organised and seemed like a military unit as workers had to wear uniforms and did drills
Pay was low and many complained about the poor food and working conditions
Rearmament
Although the TOV restricted the military, Hitler didn't listen to these and by 1939, 1,360,000 men were in the German armed forces
As there were more people in the armed forces, more money had to go towards it and by 1939, they were spending 26 billion marks on it
This made unemployment seem less as many men went to this
Autobahns
This was a motorway project and was planned by Nazis as a 7,000 miles network of dual-carriageway roads to improve transport around Germany
Hitler personally started this in September 1933
By 1935 125,000 men were employed building this and by 1938 3,500km was finished
Altogether, this costed 38 billion marks as of 1938
As there were better roads and building, transport was cheaper which boosted the sales of goods at home and abroad which created more jobs across the economy
Invisible uneployment
Some historians don't agree with the figures due to the amount of people the Nazis didn't count
Women and Jews who wanted to have jobs where forced to give up work; this is called unemployment
People who could only find part-time work were counted as fully employed
Men who would have been unemployed found jobs in the Labour Service or public's work
Reason
Unemployment was dangerous to Hitler as if they suffered poor living conditions, they might support the Communist Party whom are Hitlers rivals
Nazis thought the unemployed were a burden on society and a waste of resources, so they should help the country in any way possible.
By 1939, unemployment had fallen to about half a million people, but this was a false number, which only counted selected people