Download Success of Economic Policies

Homework due Thursday (next lesson):
To what extent did Germans benefit from Nazi economic
rule?
CLASS FEEDBACK (5 MINUTES)
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You will use the textbook pages 122-5.
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You need to find evidence for both sides of the
argument and must cover:
Public work schemes, self sufficiency, rearmament.
 Strength Through Joy and the Beauty of Labour
 Standards/cost of living, promises to the German people.
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Present your work how it is done on the following slide
To what extent did
Germans benefit from
Nazi economic rule?
Germans who gained and how:
Germans who lost out and how:
Did the German economy
develop under the Nazis?
Recap:
What economic problems did Hitler need to deal
with and why?
Exam Question due Monday December
7th
How successful were Hitler’s measures to
reduce unemployment and increase
production between 1933-1939?
What do you need to discuss in this type of
response for full marks?
How successful were Hitler’s
measures to reduce
unemployment and increase
production between 1933-1939?
Some possible items to discuss
1) Schacht’s New Plan features & successes/failures
2) Goering’s Four Year Plan features & successes/failures
3) The extent to which Germans benefitted from Nazi economic rule
4) Discuss the link between Hitler’s economic policies and political stability (Work & Bread
promises)
5) A final judgement over the success of Hitler’s measures
6) Note: From today’s can add information on ‘The Car industry’ / ‘Autarky’ / reducing
unemployment / economic production / source information on page 128-129
BE READY TO TAKE SOME NOTES
To improve the
living conditions of
the German people
Kick start the
Cycle of
Prosperity
What was the aim
of Hitler’s Public
Works Programme?
To build impressive
buildings so that the
German people
would feel proud
To improve the public
transport network for
industrial & military use
RAD – The National Labour Service
 Gave men jobs in public work
schemes
 Men in RAD had to wear a
uniform & live in camps
 Built: drainage ditches,
schools, a new network of
motorways and planted new
forests
Impact of Hitler’s Policies on
Unemployment
7000000
Economic
Miracle?
6000000
5000000
4000000
3000000
2000000
1000000
0
Series1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
3,773,000
2,974,000
2,520,000
1,853,000
1,052,000
302,000
Series2 6,014,000
Are their unemployment figures really that
great?
 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
The Car Industry
 Designed by Porsche and nicknamed ‘The Peoples Car’,
known today as the ……?
Created Jobs in
other industries
because of the
need for
standardised parts.
Produced low cost
cars which helped to
keep the German
people happy
Steel
Car Industry
Glass
Rubber
Car Production could
easily be switched to the
production of military
vehicles
Leather
Cycle of Prosperity
Autarky – National Self Sufficiency
 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.
Analysis of the impact of the economic
recovery under the Nazis
• Watch the clip. The Nazi Economic Miracle (4:25)
• How did the Nazi policies regarding employment
affect the lives of Germans?
• How did the ‘economic miracle’ help the Nazis to
keep control of Germany?
• Is the recovery of the German economy a ‘step
to war’?
Limitations of Success
Did the Nazis achieve an economic miracle?
• Turn to page 128 in your books.
• You have 15 minutes, with your partner to complete
stage 1.
Questions to answer:
1) What economic problems did Hitler need to deal with
and why?
2) How successful were Hitler’s measures to reduce
unemployment and increase production between
1933-1939?
How successful were Hitler’s
measures to reduce
unemployment and increase
production between 1933-1939?
Some possible items to discuss
1) Schacht’s New Plan features & successes/failures
2) Goering’s Four Year Plan features & successes/failures
3) The extent to which Germans benefitted from Nazi economic rule
4) Discuss the link between Hitler’s economic policies and political stability (Work
& Bread promises)
5) A final judgement over the success of Hitler’s measures
6) Note: From today’s lesson can add information on ‘The Car industry’ /
‘Autarky’ / reducing unemployment / economic production / source
information on page 128-129
Plenary - Class discussion
• One lady who had lived through Nazi Germany
stated that under the Nazis life was so good
that it seemed the sun never stopped shining.
In fact they called a sunny day “Hitler
weather”. Life was good.
• Does the evidence support her memories.
Was life better for the German people?
• If it was not; why might she have thought it
was?
Extension Task: Did ordinary people benefit
from the Nazi economic policies?
Create Two columns: Yes / No to answer this
question.
Use pages 14-17 of the Orange Nazi Germany
textbook to assist with this task.