Economy during Nazi Germany

Economy during Nazi Germany

1. How it affected people

   • Unemployment
     • Advantages
       • Rapidly decreased
         • 6.1 million => 0.4 million 1933=>1939
       • Work programmes
       • Conscription
     • Disadvantages
       • Invisible unemployment
         • Part time = full time
       • Jobs created by sacking undesirables
   • Workers
     • More jobs
     • Many taken out of work
   • Farmers
     • Advantages
       • Free helpers (RAD)
       • Taxes cut
       • Could ot be kicked of their land
     • Disadvantages
       • Needed to control people
         • Nuisance
       • 65 eggs per hen per year
       • Could not split farms between famillies
         • Children went to work in the city
   • Big Buisnesses
     • Advantages
       • Coal and Chemical production doubled
       • Oil, Iron and Steel production trebled
       • Iron ore mining increased by 500%
       • Managers salery increased by 70%
     • Disadvantages
       • Prevents growth
   • Jewish buisnesses
     • Closed

2. Work and Bread

   • National Labour Service (RAD)
     • All men aged 18-25 had to spend 6 months in RAD
       • Wear Uniforms
       • Live in camps
       • Free meals
       • Unemployed forced to join
         • If not = no benefits
   • Public work schemes
     • Autobahns
       • 100 000 jobs
       • 7000km
     • New schools, hospials etc.
   • Conscription
     • Men aged 18-25 forced to join the army for at least 2 years
     • 100 000 => 1.4million 1933=>1939

3. Economy under Schacht

   • Bought goods from other countries
     • Expensive
   • Sacked

4. Economy under Goering

   • Four year plan to get Germany ready for war
     • Increase military production
   • Attempted to make Germany self-sufficient
     • Stop traading with other countries
     • Scientists found alternative substitutes
       • Petrol from Coal
       • Make-up from flour
       • Coffee from acorns

5. Impact of war on economy

   • Rationing
     • Nov 1939
       • Clothing
       • Food
         • 1 egg per week
   • Labour shortages
     • 1942, Albert Spper was told to prepare for total war
     • Non war contributing buisnesses closed
     • Women and foreign slaves worked in factories
   • Bombing 1942 onwards
     • No
       • Electricity
       • Water
       • Transport
     • Many left becoming refugees