Standards of living were not improving

1. Standards of living were not improving • Trade Unions had been banned and replaced by the Nazi run German workers front. The result was that workers were working more hours than before. On average 47 hours per week from 43. • The holidays to Scandinavia or Madeira, that had been promised through the Strength Through Joy Movement proved to be still too expensive for most Germans. • By 1939, despite people having made contributions nobody had taken delivery of one of the new Volkswagen cars. No refunds were made. • Many jobs that were created were either military or compulsory public works rather than productive jobs. • Hitler was more concerned with the guns than butter- he was more interested in weapons than daily essentials. • Food prices increased by up to 20% in order to keep farmers incomes high. • It could be argued that after the Great Depression that followed the Wall Street Crash living conditions had been so bad that really Hitler was at best only returning them to what could be classed as normal. Unemployment 1932- 5.6 million 1935- 2.1 million 1939- 119,000

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3. Joseph Goebbels, the minister of peoples enlightenment and propaganda. • Newspapers Cinema Radio Books Posters Rallies How did life change for ordinary people under the Nazi’s? (8 marks) To what extent did the life of the working class change between 1933-39? (8marks)

4. Newspapers • Were censored at first and then became tools of propaganda. • They were directed as to what they could write about , what the emphasis of their articles should be and what photos they could publish. • There was no longer a free press, just a Nazi press.

5. Cinema • Over the course of 1933, over 250 million people had attended the cinemas. This was an obvious market for Goebbels. • Each film began with a 45 minute Nazi news reel, in this all the great successes of the Nazi regime were promoted. • Goebbels even influenced the film making. Every new film plot was sent to Goebbels for approval A famous film was called Hitlerjunge Quex (1933). It told the story of young Nazi who had been brutally murdered by an evil communist. Hansi

6. Radio • All radio stations were placed under Nazi control. • The Nazi’s mass produced cheap radios that everybody could afford to buy. • Radio sets were installed in cafes, factories and even in the streets with loud speakers!

7. Books • All books were carefully censored and controlled to put across the Nazi message. • In May 1933, a huge book burning ceremony was held in Berlin. 20,000 books by Jewish and communist authors were burned. • Writers were persuaded or forced to write books which praised Hitler's achievements.

8. Posters • Posters were placed in the streets and conveyed the Nazi message. “Long live Germany!.” 'One People, One Nation, One Leader'

9. Rallies • An annual rally held at Nuremburg was held to show the glory and power of the third Reich these were huge displays and very spectacular.