Living in Nazi Germany - Nazi economic policies
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- Created on: 23-04-13 17:26
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- Nazi Economic Policies
- On 2nd May 1933, Hitler ordered the SA to arrest Germany's trade union leaders
- The German Labour front was created and was the only union allowed.
- A pay freeze was introduced in 1933
- Wages were now to be decided by the German Labour Front
- Compulsory deductions were made through income tax to pay for the KDF
- The Nazis funded massive building projects which created a very good impression
- The Nazis concentrated on rearming
- The army increased from 100,000 to 950,000
- Thousands of Germans worked in factories producing weapons
- Youth unemployment was dealt with by creating the RAD
- All men between 19 and 25 had to work for six months
- Women in certain professions were dismissed while other women who stayed at home were payed 1000 Marks
- The Nazis pushed for self-sufficiency called autarky (no importing from abroad)
- This was very difficult and they tried to make synthetic rubber and coffee made from acorns
- On 2nd May 1933, Hitler ordered the SA to arrest Germany's trade union leaders
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