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History - Germany- Key Topic 4 - Nazi Domestic Policies 1933-39
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- 1How did the Nazis effect schools?- Compulsory education until age 14 (boys + girls separate)
- New subjects added to spread Nazi views (e.g. race studies)
- Compulsory cooking and needlework classes for girls
-Mein Kampf was a compulsory text - 2How did the Nazis effect Youth movements?- Nazi Government ran youth programmes such as military clubs (Hitler jungvolk) for boys and motherhood clubs for girls
- Classes (upper/lower/etc) were all mixed together
- People created Anti-Nazi groups: genders were mixed, grew long hair, listened to popular music - 3How did Weimar Germany treat women?- women aged 20+ given votes
-20 female members of Reichstag
- Women likely to work and get equal pay to men
- Women enjoyed more social freedom + showed this through clothing - 4How did Nazis see women?Nazis believed women should be good mothers which meant:
- staying healthy
-learning housecraft
- marrying and enabling their husbands to be good German workers
- Have children + bringing them up as good Germans - 5Women couldn't:- perm or dye their hair
-wear makeup
-wear trousers - 6Nazi Women 'policies':- German Women's Enterprise: classes & radio broadcasts teaching motherhood
- Women encouraged to leave work and focus on three K's (Kitchen, Children, Church)
-Some professionals(lawyers/doctors/etc) forced to give up work - 7What Law did the Nazis pass to encourage marriage?1933 - Law for Encouragement of Marriage
- 1000 marks given to young couples to marry if wife gave up work
- For each of their first 4 children they were allowed to keep 25% of their loan - 8What was the Mother's cross?Mother's Cross - increased childbirth
- On 12 April (Hitler's mums birthday) medals were given out to women with lots of children (4/5 kids - Bronze, 6/7 - Silver, 8+ - gold) - 9What was Lebensborn?1935 - encouraged childbirth
- At first - offered nurseries + money to women with Children of SS men
- Later it made 'single women available for fertilisation by SS men' to create genetically pure children to be adopted by worthy families - 10What happened in the end of 1930s (linked to women)?-German industry was growing so women had to do some work
- Nazis believed their policies to women were fair however some women thought it would encourage men to see them as inferior - 11What was the DAF?After 1933 Trade union ban - DAF set up:
- ensured workers served Nazis best interests
- Organised employers, working hours and wages so men could no longer complain about poor conditions - 12What was the RAD?- 1933 -RAD set up:
- tackled unemployment by making manual work
- First it was voluntary but made compulsory in 1935
- Similar to army (uniforms, military drills and camps to live in)
-Food + pay were low and bad - 13What and when was the 4 year plan?1936 - Hitler created 4 year plan:
- meant Germany had to be ready for war within 4 years
- Government rearmament spending increased
- plastic/oil/rubber production increased
- German army grew - 14What were the reasons FOR Nazi Germany having a good standard of living?- less unemployment, higher wages
- luxury products (e.g. cars) increased
- SdA (beauty of labour) offered good food, lighting + ventilation for workers
-KdF (strength through joy) offered leisure activities and holidays for workers - 15What were the reasons AGAINST Nazi Germany having a good standard of living?- Trade union ban - no freedom
- Unemployment figures false (didn't include women/Jews made to quit work)
- Rising prices outweighed wage increase
- Great depression=very bad so any improvement was returning to normal
- Imports rose higher than exports
- Government spent ^ than tax income - 16Why did people dislike Jews?- their religion/customs/looks made them 'different'
- Christians blamed them for death of Christ
- When times were hard, people wanted someone to blame - 17What was the order of races according to Mein Kampf?- Aryan race - superior
- other races (e.g. Slavs) - lesser races
-Africans (and others) - sub-humans
-Gypsies + Jews - lowest (deemed 'unworthy of life') - 18Persecution of Jews timeline:April 1933 - Jews businesses boycotted
April 1933 - Jews banned from Government jobs
Sep 1933 - Jews banned from inheriting land
May 1935 - Jews banned from army
June 1935 - Jews banned from restaurants - 19What were the Nuremberg laws? (1935)1935 -
-Only those with German blood could be German citizens
- Jews couldn't marry German citizens - 20What were the Nuremberg Laws? (1938)-Jews had to carry identity cards saying that they were Jews
-Jews had to register possesions to make it easier for them to be confiscated
- Jewish doctors/lawyers/dentists banned from working for German clients - 21—
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