Key stats

How much did share values drop 24th October 1929?

20000 dollars to 1000 dollars by the evening

How many Germans were unemployed during Sept 1931? (+ other stats)

4.3 mil. Germans were unemployed

(40% were factory workers, 50% of 16-30 year olds did not work)

How much had production dropped by in Germany by 1932?

Dropped 42% from 1928

How much did wages drop from the avg. 1928 wages to the Great Depression?

30%

How much were unemployment benefits cut by?

60%

How much did theft increase?

Arrests increased by 24% in Berlin

How many seats did the Nazis have as of Sept 1930?

107 seats, 10x what it was before

How many people were part of the SA by the Night of the Long Knives?

3 million

How many were employed in Nazi public works programmes?

125,000

How much of gov. spending went to rearmament in 1936?

2/3

What was the unemployment rate in 1939?

300,000 people

How much did German’s meat consumption drop by 1944?

60%

What did production look like by 1943 after everything not going towards the war was stopped?

Ammunition up by 97%

Guns up by 27%

How much of the workforce was enslaved by 1944?

1/4

How many civilians died in the bombing of Dresden?

150,000

How does military spending compare to what it was in 1933 to 1939?

1933: 1.9 mil

1939: 32.3 mil.

How many died as a result of the Holocaust?

6 million

How small businesses bankrupted due to the focus on rearmament?

300,000

How did farmers benefit from 1933-6?

Incomes increased by 41% during this time