Policies to reduce unemployment (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Why Hitler saw unemployment as politically dangerous
Why Hitler saw unemployment as politically dangerous
Might turn to opposition/communist groups
Hitler's economic view of unemployed people
Hitler's economic view of unemployed people
Economic burden wasting national resources
RAD - German name and English meaning
RAD - German name and English meaning
Reichsarbeitsdienst/National Labour Service
When RAD became compulsory
When RAD became compulsory
July 1935
Who had to serve in RAD and for how long
Who had to serve in RAD and for how long
German men aged 18-25, 6 months
Type of projects RAD focused on
Type of projects RAD focused on
Public works: draining marshes, roads, buildings
Distance of autobahns built by Nazis
Distance of autobahns built by Nazis
7,000 kilometres
When first autobahn construction started
When first autobahn construction started
1933
German armament spending in 1933
German armament spending in 1933
7 billion marks
German armament spending by 1939
German armament spending by 1939
30 billion marks
German unemployment figure in 1933
German unemployment figure in 1933
4.8 million
German unemployment figure in 1939
German unemployment figure in 1939
0.3 million
4 groups excluded from unemployment statistics
4 groups excluded from unemployment statistics
Jewish people, women, men under 25 in RAD, political opponents