Nazi Policies

Hitler Youth Movement

Hitler Youth Movement

Indoctrinated young people to become loyal Nazis through education and the Hitler Youth Law.

Nazi Teachers' League

Required teachers to belong to this organization to promote Nazi ideals in education.

Lebensborn Programme

Encouraged unmarried Aryan women to have children with racially pure SS men.

Nuremberg Laws

Legislation that stripped Jews of citizenship and prohibited relationships with Aryans.

Four-Year Plan

Initiative to prepare Germany for war, focusing on rearmament and self-sufficiency.

German Labour Front (DAF)

Replaced trade unions to regulate workers' conditions and hours under Nazi control.

Strength through Joy (KdF)

Promoted leisure activities and cultural events to improve workers' quality of life.

Beauty of Labour organization

Aimed to enhance working conditions by building canteens and sports facilities.

Volkswagen Scheme

Assisted workers in saving for a car through a special savings program.

Three Ks

Nazi ideology for women: Kinder, Kuche, Kirche - Children, Kitchen, Church.

Motherhood Cross medal

Awarded to women for having children - bronze for 4, silver for 6, gold for 8.

Kristallnacht

Night of Broken Glass - organized attacks on Jewish property resulting in destruction and deaths.

Invisible unemployment

Excluded Jews and women from job figures to manipulate statistics.

Aryan

Nazi term for non-Jewish Germans, considered of 'pure' German descent.

Totalitarianism

Government control over all aspects of citizens' lives.

Anti-Semitism

Hatred and discrimination against Jews.

Autarky

Nazi policy of self-sufficiency without foreign imports.

Indoctrination

Forcing acceptance of a belief system without question.

Concordat

Agreement between Hitler and the Pope to coexist peacefully.

Ministry of Church Affairs

Established by Hitler to weaken the influence of Catholic and Protestant churches.

Reich Church

Pro-Nazi Protestant faction supporting Nazism.

German Faith Movement

Encouraged by Nazis to replace Christian values with pagan ideas.

Labour Service Corps (RAD)

Compulsory service for males aged 18-25 to work on public projects.

Second Hitler Youth Law

Made membership in the Hitler Youth compulsory, reaching 7 million members by 1939.