F7 From Second Reich to Third Reich - The Student Room

Access to History Online Edexcel Unit 1 – F7 From Second Reich to Third Reich:Germany, 1918–45Unemployment reduced to 1.6 million1937 By 1937, 97% of teachers have joined the NSLB –members are sent on month-long training programmesteaching Nazi ideology and physical educationSchirach and Ley set up Adolf Hitler schools to rivalNAPOLA’sMarriage loans extended to women in workSchacht resigns as Economics Minister and Göring isappointedReichswerke Hermann Göring is established to providelow grade steel for the regime’s needsNuremburg rallies – Hitler makes aggressive speechagainst JewsSchacht critical of anti-Jewish economic measuresNovember Hitler discusses concerns over mounting inflation andfood shortages1938 Anschluss with Austria – Eichmann forces 45,000Austrian Jews to emigrateApril Decree on the Registering of Jewish property. This allowsthe Nazis to take exact stock of what the Jews ownJune-October9-10NovemberAnti-Jewish laws mean Jewish medical professionals andlawyers are banned from having Aryan patients orclients, Jews must add Sarah or Israel to their namesand identity cards are stamped with a JKristallnacht. Anti-Jewish attacks on businesses andsynagogues, unofficially supported by Nazis. Jews madeto pay 1 billion Reichsmarks to repair damageDecree issued excluding Jews from German economiclife. Jews are also excluded from schools, universitiesand other public areasMarriage Law extends grounds for divorceAsocials defined as vagabonds, gypsies, beggars,prostitutes, alcoholics, eccentrics, the workshy, juveniledelinquentsHimmler issues Decree for the Struggle against theGypsy PlagueGovernment given powers to direct labour where it isneeded due to rising labour shortagesGrowing shortages of consumer goods – butter1939 All denominational schools have been abolishedJanuary Reich Central Office for Jewish emigration set upSeptember German Jews placed under curfewBy 1939 – economy is in danger of overheating due tolabour and some raw material shortages. Prices arerising.Mental illness – mercy killing – euthanasia programmebeginsHimmler made Reich Commissioner for StrengtheningGermanismGypsies sent to concentration camps before being sentto Poland; Jewish ghettos established in PolandVast number of state controls exist but private business© Hodder Education 2010. This material may be downloaded and copied free ofcharge, but only for distribution within the subscribing institution.