Learning Objectives:

Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

Nazi Policies towards the Economy

Key Words:Autarky

Rearmament

Autobahns

Invisible Unemployed

Key CharactersDr. Robert Ley

Dr. Hjalmar Schacht

Key PoliciesDAF (Deutsche

Arbeitsfront)

RAD (Reich Labour

Service)

‘Beauty of Labour’

‘Strength through Joy’

Recap: Explain the methods used by Hitler to develop a youth that would be devoted

to the Nazi Party

• Who used the assessment outline sheet?

• Answer in full sentences/paragraphs

• Intro: Separate paragraph - Outline the major points that you will discuss. What might these be?

• If it does not answer the question don’t include it.

• Explain the methods…

• Use of link words.

• Conclusion: Review major points and show how they all combined lead to the outcome

Starter: The Economy before Hitler

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

As a group

create a spider

diagram

outlining all the

points you

know about

the Germany

economy

between 1923

to 1933

Germany relied on American money under the Dawes Plan to be able to pay for the Reparations.

When the American Stock Market crash on Wall Street, the USA stopped lending money to Germany.

The German economy went into recession.

The Situation in 1929LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

What was the

Dawes Plan?

By January 1933, unemployment had reached 6,000,000.

No one would loan Germany any money and the Weimar Government couldn’t do anything to help the unemployed.

Hitler was elected on a promise to give the German people ‘Bread & Jobs.’

Germany 1933LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

Were industrial workers better off under the Nazis?

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

In teams you will debate the above

question. Use sources 1-10 on pgs.123-125 and the information you have

learnt so far to help you argue you

case.

Dr Hjalmar Schacht - President of the Reichsbank - directed German economic policy

Believed in steady growth and a stable currency

Against spending too much on rearmament before the German economy was strong enough

His New Plan of 1934 aimed to - reduce imports into Germany- Develop Trade Agreements- Reduce Unemployment

He fell out with Hitler over the speed of rearmament and was replaced by Hermann Goering in 1936

Germany 1933LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

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Impact of Hitler’s Policies on Unemployment

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

How did Hitler put Germany back to work?

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

Hitler’s IdeasLO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

German economy can be converted into a war

machine – he believed Germany had lost World

War One because it relied too much on foreign

imported goods

Germany must rearm quickly, conquer countries

and takeover their economies and move on

By exploiting conquered countries, living standards

could be maintained at home despite all the

money being spent on war

In 1936 Goering was appointed to introduce a 4

year plan to put Hitler’s ideas into action

Goering’s 4 Year PlanLO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

• Speed up rearmament

and make Germany ready

for war

• German Military spending

• Make Germany self

sufficient in raw materials

“autarchy” by developing

home grown substitutes.

1933 1939

1.9 million marks 32.3 million marks

Hitler wanted Germany to be a strong independent country that was sufficient in food and materials.

Germany had lost WW1 because it had run out of food and war materials.

German scientist developed all sorts of artificial substitutes such as petrol from coal and coffee from acorns.

These new substitutes were made in Germany and gave the unemployed jobs in new industries.

Hitler also encouraged the growth of the car industry.

Autarky – National Self Sufficiency

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

• The size of the German army grew massively from 100,000 in 1933 to 1,400,000 in 1939

• Hitler became more confident and started to openly break the Treaty of Versailles.

• Imports had to increase!

What were the results of this?

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

Designed by Porsche and nicked named ‘The Peoples Car’, known today as the ……?

The Car IndustryLO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

Car Industry

Created Jobs in other industries

because of the need for

standardised parts.

Car Production could

easily be switched to the

production of military

vehicles

Produced low cost

cars which helped to

keep the German

people happy Steel

Glass

Rubber

Leather

Cycle of Prosperity

The Car IndustryLO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

• Unemployment dropped quickly 4.8

million in 1933 to 0.5 million in 1938

• Wages rose slightly but were still

lower in 1938 than they had been in

1928

• Working hours went up to 49 hours

per week in 1939 – 52 hours in 1943

to over 60 hours per week by 1945

• There were fewer consumer goods

- personal and household goods

• Trade unions were replaced by “Beauty of Labour” and “Strength

Through Joy” who organised better

conditions and leisure activities

Was the 4 year Plan a success?

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

Gave men jobs in public

work schemes

Men in RAD had to wear

a uniform & live in

camps.

They were given free

meals and pocket

money.

Built: drainage ditches,

schools, a new network

of motorways and

planted new forests.

RAD – The National Labour Service

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

What was the aim

of Hitler’s Public

Works Programme?

Kick start the

Cycle of

Prosperity

To improve the public

transport network for

industrial & military use

To improve the

living conditions of

the German people

To build impressive

buildings so that the

German people

would feel proud

RAD – The National Labour Service

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

By 1934 all Jews were sacked from civil service jobs which were then given to German workers.

Unemployed Jews were not registered.

Women lost their jobs which were given to men.

People who refused jobs offered by the labour service were arrested and put into concentration camps.

What other measures did Hitler introduce in order to reduce

unemployment?

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

• Unemployment fell everywhere

not just in Germany

• Some people were forced to

work on public works

• There were disadvantages –

workers had no representation

• Workers put more into the

economy than they got out

• If you were “Aryan” and of no

strong political beliefs life was

relatively good

Were people better off under the Nazis?

LO: Evaluate how effective Nazi economic policies were between 1933-1939

• What do we mean by Totalitarianism?

• Totalitarianism is a concept used by some political scientists in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible.

• Draw a mindmap showing all the methods that the Nazi’s employed in order to develop a totalitarian dictatorship.

RECAP: Nazi Totalitarianism