Describe the ways in which the Nazi Government set about providing jobs for the unemployed in Germany after 1933

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Describe the ways in which the Nazi Government

 set about providing jobs for the

unemployed in Germany

after 1933

   

    The Nazis had many solutions for the six million unemployed in Germany in the 1930’s, including spending millions of government marks on construction and re-armament of the German forces, both of which created plenty of jobs.

    To begin with Hitler stopped paying reparations; money that had been going to France and Belgium could now be invested in the German economy. Men were provided by the Reich Labour Service and were involved in projects such as draining marshes to produce farmland and constructing sea walls to protect coastal areas from flooding. Jobs were created through government spending on construction; huge public buildings were erected. The 1936 Olympics were held in Berlin at the newly built Olympic stadium. Germany also built a web of motorways, known as autobahns.  Once built, they helped increase the speed at which goods could be transported across the country.  These structures not only created jobs, but also greatly impressed people.

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    These autobahns also created jobs in the car manufacturing business; many people now needed a car to take advantage of these new motorways.  This produced the Volkswagen or “people’s car”.  Cutting the import of foreign cars, such as the Ford Model T, expanded the German car industry, so creating even more jobs.

    Car factories were also useful for rearmament as they could quickly switch production to military needs. Hitler took Germany out of “The League of Nations” on the 14th of October 1933. It was clear that the limits of no air force or navy and an ...

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