Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39

What was the Nazi view on how women should look?

Women should look modest

They did not own women to wear make-up and they were expected to wear long skirts and flat heels

Define the three Ks in Nazi Germany

Kinder(children)

Kirche (church)

kuche(cooking)

Did every woman's group have to join the Germans women's enterprise?

Yes, women's organisations that did not join the DFW were banned

Who was Gertrudscholtz dictating?

Was appointed leader of the national socialist women's league this was the woman's wing of the Nazi party Gertrude overall all policies related to women

When was the Law for the

Encouragement of Marriage passed?

The Law for the Encouragement of

Marriage was passed in 1933. It gave

loans to women if they were married

and did not have a job.

Define the Lebensborn program

Created by SS leader Henrich Himala aimed at pairing assessment with single women to produce genetically pure children

How many kids did you have to have to receive the gold mother cross?

Eight or more children

When who are woman banned from becoming lawyers judges and taking part in jury service in Nazi Germany?

1936

What evidence suggest that the Nazi laws on divorce was successful?

The number of divorces increased

Why did the Nazi policies on women's employment only have short-term success?

Due to the second world war around 2.4 million women returned to work by the start of the conflict

Did Hitler increase or decrease eunmployment in Germany?

Decrease because by 1939 unemployment in Germany had decreased around half a million people

Define national labour service (RAD)

Set up in 1933 by the Nazis to provide paid work for the unemployed. RAD focused on public jobs repairing roads and planting trees it became compulsory for unemployed young men to join

By 1935, how many people are employed in the motorway project?(autobahn)

25,000 men

around 3500 km had been completed by 1938

How did rearmament help to reduce unemployment?

Help to reduce unemployment because it created additional jobs in the armed forces and factories by 1939 that were around 1.4 million men in the German armed forces

Define the term invisible

unemployment.

Invisible unemployment refers to

individuals not included in official

unemployment figures. Women, Jewish

people and prisoners were some of the

groups not included in Nazi Germany's

unemployment data.

Why did an increase in wages in Nazi

Germany not positively impact

unskilled workers?

An increase in wages in Nazi Germany

did not positively impact unskilled

workers because food prices also rose.

Unskilled workers struggled to pay the

increased food prices and were worse

off in Nazi Germany.

Did the Nazis increase or decrease

working hours?

ncrease.

On average, the working week

increased from 43 hours in 1933 to 49

hours in 1939,

The Labour Front (DAF) was created to…?

The Labour Front (DAF) was created by

the Nazis to replace trade unions.

Workers lost the right to strike,

negotiate pay, or reduce their working

hours.

Define Strength Through Joy (KdF).

Strength Through Joy (KdF) was a Nazi

programme aimed at making work

more enjoyable for workers. The KdF

provided affordable leisure activities,

trips and holidays to workers. There

was also a scheme to purchase a

Volkswagen.

What was a significant disadvantage to

the Beauty of Labour (SdA)

programme?

A significant disadvantage to the Beauty

of Labour (SdA) programme was that

many workers were expected to build

and decorate the new facilities

themselves. They receive no extra pay

or time off for doing this.

What did Nazis believe about race?

Nazis believed in a racial hierarchy

with Aryans as superior to all other

races.

How were disabled people treated in

Nazi Germany in 1933?

Disabled people were treated poorly in

1933. The Law for the Prevention of

Hereditarily Diseased Offspring made

it compulsory for people with varying

disabilities to be sterilised.

Define the term Untermenschen.

Untermenschen is German for sub-

humans. Races of Eastern Europe like

Slavs were seen as Untermenschen.

True or False?

To ‘clean up’ Berlin before the 1934 Nuremberg Rally, Roma in Berlin were arrested and moved to the Berlin- Marzahn concentration camp.

The Roma were moved out of Berlin

before the 1936 Olympics. The Nazis

did not believe that the Roma worked

enough or contributed enough taxes.

What happened to Jewish people in

Nazi Germany in April 1933?

In April 1933, Jewish civil servants and

teachers were sacked.

Name three ways that the Reich Law

on Citizenship (a part of the

Nuremberg Laws in 1935) impacted

Jewish people.

The three ways that the Reich Law on

Citizenship impacted Jewish people by:

Forcing them to wear the Star of

David

Removing their German citizenship

Losing their right to travel outside

of Germany and to vote

When did ‘Kristallnacht’ (Night of

Broken Glass) happen?

‘Kristallnacht’ happened in November

1938. Jewish shops, homes and

synagogues were attacked.

Did German people speak out or do

nothing about Jewish persecution in

Nazi Germany?

Do nothing.

Many people were horrified at the acts

of discrimination towards Jewish people

but were too scared to help because of

groups like the SS and Gestapo.