Leisure Time
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- Created on: 13-06-16 12:22
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- Leisure Time
- Nazis wanted to control all aspects of people's lives
- So bureaucrats (office workers: meningeal job) estimated that the average German spent:
- 6 hours working a day
- 7-8 hours sleeping
- Has 10 and half spare hours which total 3740 hours each year
- So bureaucrats (office workers: meningeal job) estimated that the average German spent:
- An organisation called KDF (Kraft durch Freude = strength through joy) was set up
- It provided leisure time possibilities for those workers who worked hard
- It was used a tool to promote the the advantages of National socialism to the people
- It soon became the world's largest tourism operator of the 1930s
- The system was meant as a reward for hard working Germans
- It was believed too much idleness could bring about anger, frustration and criticism of the Nazis
- They believed plenty of spare time activities would lead people to work harder
- Activities offered: sport matches, concerts, theatre plays, musicals, cruises for the most hard working at a very discounted price, skiing and walking holidays, 3 week tour of Italy with fine dining and hotels at reasonable prices
- Evening classes for adults to learn new skills were also introduced
- Saving scheme to buy a Volkswagen Beetle
- The scheme was not working so to help people buy the car, the KDF started a saving scheme in which people paid 5 marks a week until they had enough marks
- But this was a scam as the gov. used the money to make weapons and no one actually got their car even though millions had started to save
- Nazis wanted to control all aspects of people's lives
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