1. HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY The Economy in Nazi Germany

2. 1933: Work to Do The Task at Hand Hitler’s Aims – Maintaining popularity – Preparing for War

3. The RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - National Labor Front Organizing Men for Work Public Works Militarizing Labor

4. Hitler in Need of Economic Support Industrialist Support Hjalmar Schacht - Reich Minister of Finance (1934-1937) Ignoring Socialist Promises Getting into Bed with Big Business

5. No Coherent Economic Plan Lack of a Plan Adoption of Approaches – Autarky – Deficit Financing – Wehrwirtschaft Nothing Extraordinary

6. The Attack on Unemployment

7. How Was Unemployment Tackled? – Public Works – Expansion of Industries – Massive Re-armament – Conscription

8. Results on Labor, Output, GNP, and Wages Shortage of Labor Rise in Industrial Output Rise in GNP Wages?

9. The German Labor Front Elimination of Trade Unions The German Labor Front - Dr. Robert Ley

10. The German Labor Front Workers! Your institutions are sacred to us National Socialists. I myself am a poor peasant’s son and understand poverty…Workers! I swear to you we will not only keep everything which exists, we will build up the rights and protection of the workers even further. - Dr. Robert Ley

11. The German Labor Front Labor Improvements Loss of Negotiating Power Few Complaints

12. 3,740 HOURS: LEISURE IN NAZI GERMANY German Labor Front Control Over Leisure Kraft Durch Freude (KDF) - Strength Through Joy

13. Strength Through Joy Massive Leisure Programs Established Travel Tours, but for whom? Control over Entertainment

14. Strength Through Joy

15. The Volkswagon KDF Selling Cars – the Volkswagon VW Beetle Purchasing Scheme No Workers Ever Got a Beetle

16. The VW Beetle

17. The Four Year Plan (1936) Problems with Re- armament Problems with Finance “Guns or Butter?”

18. The Four Year Plan (1936) 4 Years for Autarky – Impatient with Trade Deals and Schacht Enter Goering- Commissioner Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan Turning Inward Gearing up for War

19. The 4 Year Plan - Rearmament 1933 vs 1939 Massive Arms Spending form 1936-1939 Ready for War?

20. The Nazi Economy – Historical Debate Did Hitler Plan Full Mobilization of the Economy? Richard Overy: “Hitler miscalucated.” Tim Mason: “Worker discontent and failure of wages influenced war.”