1. Countdown to the exam … 4 lessons left until the 1st exam.
I am available for revision Mon-Thurs lunch & Thursday after school.
Today at lunch, I will be doing Nazi economic & social policy.

2. The Enabling Act LO: To use a source of information to explain why the Enabling Act was so important to Hitler
th November 1918
8th November 1923
October 1929
30 January 1933
27 February 1933

3. Source A
The Enabling Act was the foundation stone of the Third Reich. Hitler removed the power of the Reichstag and could pass any law he wished without consulting them. He used the Enabling Act to remove all opposition to his rule. Extract from a Text book on the 20th Century 2001 Using source A and your own knowledge explain why the Enabling Act was so important to Hitler. (6)

4. HELP: If you are stuck use this writing template
Source A is useful in telling me why the Enabling Act was important to Hitler because it says… This meant… Source A is also important in telling me why the Enabling Act was so important to Hitler because it says… this meant…

5. The Night of the Long Knives LO: To justify a statement using a source of information. r

6. Source C
A cartoon by David Low which appeared in the London Evening Standard 3 July The caption reads “They salute with both hands now”. Goering is standing to Hitler’s right dressed as a Viking hero and Goebbels is on his knees behind Hitler. The words “unkept promises” appear on the pieces of paper in in front of the SA and the words “the double cross” above and below Hitler’s armband

7. The Night of the Long Knives LO: To justify a statement using a source of information.

8. What’s stopping Hitler taking over completely?

9. The Night of the Long Knives
Hitler removes internal opposition (Rohm, other SA leaders). He invites most of the leaders to a place near Munich and then has them all rounded up and imprisoned or killed.
What did he gain?
How did it help him gain power?
Removed the SA
No more opposition to him from within the Nazi Party. The had answered to Rohm not Hitler and he had to promise them things to keep their support.
Got the support of the army.
By removing the SA, Hitler gained army support as the generals did not trust or like the SA and its leaders.
Got the full support of leading Nazis.
Goering and Goebbels were now 100% behind Hitler and not likely to pose a takeover threat after this event.
No need to keep promises.
He had promised the SA that they could join with the army. He didn’t need to do this anymore.

10. How to get started
The source supports the idea that Hitler gains something from this event (…).
In the source I can see … This shows that Hitler recognised … To remove this threat he …
Another thing in the source that shows Hitler gained from the Night of the Long Knives is …
As the source is a primary one from a … we can also learn that Hitler…
Therefore, this source supports the view that Hitler used this event to consolidate and gain power.

11. Choose 4 of the following events and write them in your book
Reichstag Fire
Enabling Act is passed
March elections
Hindenburg dies
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Trade Unions were banned
There is a referendum and 90% of the German people agree Hitler should be Chancellor

12. Why was the support of the army so important for Hitler in 1934?
When Hindenburg died in August 1934 the army swore an oath of allegiance to him.
He combined the roles of Chancellor and President and created the role of Führer (Supreme Leader).
Hitler held a referendum and 90% of German voters agreed that he should become Führer.

13. Hitler’s economic policies
LO: To be able to describe Hitler’s economic policies.
Propaganda poster in 1938 advertising the Volkswagon Scheme. Germans paid 5 Reichmark a week towards a car.

14. Economic Policies
Nazis were determined to reduce unemployment and build up the German armaments industry to be ready for any future wars.
Their policy was dominated by two men
Dr Hjalmar Schacht  The New Plan
Hermann Göring  The Four Year Plan

15. Dr Schacht’s New Plan Was the Minister of the Economy in 1934
Reduce unemployment
Make Germany self-sufficient to survive future wars  autarky
Introduced the New Plan  coincided with world
economic revival.
Limited German imports
Trade agreements  they gave Germany raw materials &
got German goods in return.
Production in 1935 had increased by 50% since 1933.
Lost his job when he said they were rearming too quickly for the
economy.

16. Göring’s Four Year Plan
Dr Schacht’s New Plan
Göring’s Four Year Plan
Was the Minister of the Economy in 1934
Reduce unemployment
Make Germany self-sufficient to survive future wars  autarky
Introduced the New Plan  coincided with world
economic revival.
Limited German imports
Trade agreements  they gave Germany raw materials &
got German goods in return.
Production in 1935 had increased by 50% since 1933.
Lost his job when he said they were rearming too quickly for the
economy.
He didn’t know that much about economics, but was a leading Nazi.
His plan was aimed at preparing Germany for war within 4 years.
Whole economy geared towards rearmament and self-sufficiency in war materials (rubber, oil, steel).
Lots of government aid to help this succeed.
By 1939, Germany still dependent on imports for raw materials & oil.

17. Unemployment Mindmap
Create a mindmap to show the main reasons why unemployment fell 1933 – 1939.
Highlight the most important reasons when you have put all of the info on.

18. How Unemployment was reduced
1933  German economy in ruins due to the Depression
Spent £££ on job-creation schemes (public money from taxes)  the amount spent x2.
Get rid of Treaty terms  rearmament & conscription
German Labour Front organised it
Road building  7,000km of autobahns planned
Forestry work
Water projects
Building new hospitals, schools & sports stadia
44,500 jobs in Labour Front too.

19. Rearmament Focus
Increased spending on the military stimulated other industries & provided more jobs.
Coal & chemical production x 2
Iron & steel production x 3
Iron-ore mining increased by 500 %

20. Economic Policies Impact
Unemployment fell from 6 million to almost 0!
Based on Nazi figures! Some people didn’t count (invisible unemployment)
Jews fired from jobs
Women who left jobs to have kids or were forced out of professional jobs
People held in concentration camps
Unmarried men  under 25s were made to do 6 months in National Labour Service
Need for more raw materials led to Lebensraum policy  take over other countries to get what Germany needed!

21. German Workers’ Standard of Living
Many things all came together to convince some Germans that their life wad living standards were better under the Nazis.
Unemployment was down
Few were starving
Wages were improved a little
Small businesses were doing well  Jewish competition removed
Big business benefited from the big projects  as long as they produced what the Nazis wanted them to!
Beauty of Labour  set up to improve working conditions (noise levels, heating)  expected to do this in their free time so not as popular.

22. Strength Through Joy Part of the German Labour Front
Provide activities for leisure time = happy workforce
Holidays/cruises/concerts/theatre visits/sporting events at low cost
Hitler wanted everyone to have cars  Volkswagen (people’s car) designed. Factory built in 1938.
Olympics held in Berlin in 1936 boosted national pride

23. Were people better off under Nazi rule?
Cut the statements out.
Arrange into 3 piles (Yes/No/50-50)
Put a Y/N/50-50 in the corner of each statement.
Discuss with a partner what pile you’ve put each in and say why if you have a difference of opinion.

24. Were people better off under Nazi rule?
Divide the statements into further piles:
Working conditions
Pay
Standard of Living
Write this onto the statement too.
Stick them into your books (any way as long as they all
fit!)