Did The German people benefit from the Nazi rule in the period 1933-1939?

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Did The German people benefit

from the Nazi rule in the period 1933-1939?

        In this essay I will be answering the question "Did The German people benefit from the Nazi rule in the period 1933-1939?"  Personally I do not believe that the citizens of Germany did benefit from the Hitler rule.  I will now explain why I think that.

        In the beginning of Hitler's rule, he had three main aims, they were a) Increase employment b) Build up armaments (army) c) Make Germany self-sufficient, and also "unofficially" felt the need to control most of the Germans leisure.  The success of this was positive, and they began to sort out the general economy of Germany, which then began to strengthen the public's respect for the Nazi Party.

        Firstly, their top aim was to increase the employment of the various citizens.  In 1933 five million Germans were still out of work.  It was vital that the Nazi's find them jobs.  National Labour Service was immediately set up.  This was for young men between 18 and 25 years.  They did various jobs, such as digging ditches & planting forests.  They were given pocket money rather than wages.  These schemes were then extended to ambitious public workers, programs organized by the German Labour Front.  New motorways were built, as well as hospitals, schools, sport stadiums and other public buildings, which created jobs.  

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        Secondly, they felt the need to "control leisure".  This was brought into action to a) keep the German youth out of trouble, and b) once again, so that the public also have a sweet spot for the government because of all the time they spent thinking of the public.  The Germans tried to control people's leisure time.  A branch of the German Labour Front, called 'Strength through Joy', organizing peoples leisure activities so that free time was not 'wasted'.  Cheap holidays were arranged, including foreign travel and Mediterranean cruises.  'Strength through Joy' was also involved in the plan to ...

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