Thursday, April 7, 2011

Nazi Economic Recovery and Rearmament

1. How did the Nazi Regime attempt to win the loyalty of its workers? Define the following:

a. Strength Through Joy program: Gave german people cheap theater and cinema tickets, and organized courses and trips and sports events. Workers were offered cut-price cruises on the latest luxury liners.

b. Volkswagen Beetle (the people's car): "the people's car". Was seen as a symbol of the prosperous new germany.

c. Beauty of Labor movement: This improved working conditions in factories. It introduced features not seen in many workplaces before, such as washing facilities and low cost canteens.

2. Define the following Farming Programs. Be sure to provide the pros and cons of each program:

a. Reich Food Estate: This set up central boards to buy agricultural produce from the farmers and distributed it to markets across germany. This ensured that peasants would stay in their land.

b. Reich Entailed Farm Law: It gave peasants state protection for their farms.

3. Define Volksgemeinschaft. (Hint: It is in the reading, plus my notes)-a national community. Everyone in germany was equal.