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AS Hitler Policies
IB Authoritarian States: Hitler Domestic Policies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rearmament | Germany military was limited by the Treaty of Versailles. Nazis started rearmament as soon as they came to power. This boosted the economy and reduced unemployment |
| Autobahn | A publics work project. Reduced unemployment, and improved infrastructure - also good for propaganda |
| Hjalmar Schacht | Economic Minister, used public works projects to help recover the German economy, tried to achieve autarky |
| Reich Labour Service (RAD) | Organisation that used unskilled or unemployed workers to complete government works projects. Created to recover Germany from the effects of the Great Depression |
| Autarky | Economic system of self-reliance. Hitler wanted to Germany to be self-reliant so supplies would not be cut off in a war, like WWI |
| Frozen wages | In conjunction with banned Trade Unions, frozen wages appeased big businesses, who were scared of economic reform, as they no longer had to compete with other companies wages. |
| Strength Through Joy (KDF) | Organised leisure activities and trips for German workers. Propaganda victory Included the saving scheme for the Volkswagen that never came to fruition |
| Beauty of Labour | Workplace design and enjoyment |
| German Labour Front (DAF) | Replaced Trade Unions. Workers unable to strike, and nearly always followed will of employers not employees. Max work hours increased and workers could not change jobs without permission. Successful in reducing unemployment, but made some workers unhappy |
| Reich Food Estate | Regulated farmers production, guarantees prices and gave subsidiaries. Improved conditions for farmers relative to the Great Depression. |
| Guns and Butter | Relationship between defense and social spending. Nazi government increased military spending at the cost of its social spending |
| Total War | Type of warfare that includes any and all civilian resources and infrastructure - Hitler was willing to make any sacrifice to win WWII |
| Conscription | Initially, men under 25 had to carry out at least 2 years of military service. With total war, conscription increased |
| Volksgermeinschaft | "People's Community". The idea that the Nazis would create one German community that would make religion and social class less relevant to people. Excluded minorities, especially Jews |
| Antisemitism | Prejudice against Jewish people. Nazi persecution of the Jewish people was present throughout their rule, from propaganda and scapegoating at the start, to the Nuremburg Laws, Kristallnacht then the "Final Solution". This is known as the Holocaust |
| Social Darwinism | Nazis believed that the "weak" were unworthy of life. Those the Nazis deemed undesirable included alcoholics, and were reeducated, whilst many disabled people were murdered in the T-4 programme. Other minorities, like Roma, were forcibly sterilised |
| Kinder, Kirche, Kuche | "Children, Church, Kitchen". The 3 Ks were where the Nazis believed women belong. This was part of their propaganda work to promote traditional family values. |
| Marriage Loans | Marriage loans were to encourage people to get married and have children. The payback on the loan would decrease with the number of children born in the marriage. This was part of their propaganda work to promote traditional family values. |
| Mother's Cross | Awards given for children born, Gold Cross for 8. This was part of their propaganda work to promote traditional family values. |
| Lebensborn | Originally, it encouraged SS men to have large families, and unmarried "Aryan" women to not seek abortion. Goal was to encourage the birth of more "racially pure" children |
| Female Mobilisation | Gearing up for the war and waging it obliged Nazi leaders to mobilize female workers. Young women provided free labor in annual summer camps, and in 1939 all single women had to report for compulsory labor service in war-related industries. |
| Hitler Youth | Compulsory youth group for boys to indoctrinate children into Nazi beliefs, and stabilise Nazi Germany for the future. Included exercise and activities that would prepare them for the army. |
| League of German Maidens | Compulsory youth group for girls to indoctrinate children into Nazi beliefs, and stabilise Nazi Germany for the future. Included exercise and promoted motherhood and childcare. |
| Compulsory Attendance | German children had to attend school, where the curriculum was controlled by the Nazis. Jewish and other minority students and teachers were banned. |
| Indoctrination | Brainwashing into accepting beliefs uncritically. The youth was especially targeted for brainwashing into Nazi ideology. |
| Curriculum | Nazi Germany changed the schools curriculum to teach eugenics, Nazi ideology and exercise to prepare them to be loyal Nazi soldiers. |
| Eugenics | Nazis believed that the "Aryan Race" was superior to all other groups, particularly Jewish people. They believed they could perfect human beings and eliminate so-called social ills through genetics and heredity. |
| T-4 Euthanasia Programme | The Nazi plan to kill incurably ill, physically or mentally ill or disabled men, women and children. It was briefly paused due to protest, but was restarted more discretely. Between 1939-45 ~300,000 people were murdered. |
| Sterilisation | The Nazis believed in eugenics, and decided to forcibly sterilise groups of people they deemed unworthy to prevent them having children, including Black, Roma and Sinti, disabled, and gay people. |
| Burdens on the community | What the Nazis viewed criminals, antisocial and disabled people as. |
| Josef Mengele | Conducted medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz, including on children. Decided whether Jewish people arriving at Auschwitz would be killed immediately in the gas chambers or ne worked to death. |
| Nuremberg Laws | This codified Nazi antisemitic racial ideology (defined who was Jewish), removed Jewish citizenship, and banned relationships between Jewish and non Jewish people. |
| Kristallnacht | The first organised violent attack on Jewish people by the Nazi state. ~91 Jews were killed, and many Jewish homes and businesses were vandalised. |
| Banned Trade Unions | In conjunction with frozen wages, banning trade unions appeased big businesses, who were scared of economic reform, as they could no longer be lobbied for fairer conditions |
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