1. 3 Aims of Nazi Economic Plan: 1. RECOVERY – reduce unemployment 2. REARM – build up German armaments industry, rearm & enlarge German armed forces 3. AUTARKY – make Germany self- sufficient so it could not be blockaded in war

2. (1) Dr Schacht and the New Plan  President of the Reichsbank and Economics Minister  1933 deficit spending to get the German people back to work  1934 devised the ‘New Plan’ which…  Limited imports  Made trade agreements for raw materials  Channelled govt money into industry  Reduced unemployment  1934-6 solved economic crisis! But…

3. Nazi Germany Putting Germany back to Work

4. The Situation in 1929  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

5. Germany 1933  By January 1933, unemployment had reached 6,000,000  No one would loan Germany the Weimar Government couldn’t do anything to help the unemployed  Hitler was elected on a promise to give the German people ‘Bread & Jobs’

6. How did Hitler put Germany back to work?

7. Impact of Hitler’s Policies on Unemployment

8. RAD – The National Labour Service  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

9. 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

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

11. The Car Industry Recognise the design of this German Jeep called a Kubelwagen?

12. 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

13. What other measures did Hitler introduce in order to reduce unemployment?  Jews and women were forced out of their jobs  By 1934 all Jews were sacked from civil service jobs  Unemployed Jews and women were not registered  People who refused jobs offered by the labour service were arrested and put into concentration camps  Trade Unions were abolished & replaced by the ‘German Labour Front’ under Dr Ley  Strikes illegal  Conscription introduced in 1935 and an air-force established

14. (2) & (3) Goering & the 4 Year Plan  Schacht told Hitler he could not afford to rearm any faster so…  Hitler set up a new ministry to prepare Germany for war …  The 4YP … aimed to:  Prepare Germany for war in 4 years  Make Germany self-sufficient (Autarky)  Worked by:  Increasing production of raw materials for war  Businesses produce synthetic raw materials  Reduce imports  Tighten controls on prices and wages  Billions spent and Germany rearmed but not fully self- sufficient!

15. Autarky – National Self Sufficiency  Hitler wanted Germany to be a strong independent country that was sufficient in food and materials.  Germany had lost the FWW 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.

16.  According to this cartoon what was the basis of German prosperity?  What happens to people who refuse to take the jobs offered by the Nazi government?  Who benefited from these changes to the German economy? Why?