4.4 workers

Question 1

In the Nazi Volksgemeinschaft, what would they not be the presence of?

Answer 1

• There would not be a presence of class differences or conflicts

Question 2

What were trade unions seen as by the Nazis and when were they banned?

Answer 2

• Trade unions were seen as an obstacle to this ideal (no class differences of conflicts) and so they were banned in May 1933

Question 3

What were the trade unions replaced by?

Answer 3

• There trade unions, banned in May 1933, were replaced by the Nazi-run German Labour Front (DAF)

Question 4

Who was the German Labour Front led by? was it the largest organisation in Nazi Germany?

Answer 4

• The DAF was led by Robert Ley
• It was the largest organisation in Nazi Germany

Question 5

Was membership of the German Labour Front compulsory?

Answer 5

• No membership of the DAF was not compulsory

Question 6

Although membership of the German Labour Front was not compulsory, what was significant about it?

Answer 6

• It was the only legal organisation in Nazi Germany representing workers

Question 7

As well as workers, who did membership include?

Answer 7

• employers

Question 8

What did the German labour front build up?

Answer 8

• The German labour front built up its own business empire, including banks, housing associations, construction companies, the Volkswagen car plant and a travel company

Question 9

What did the workers in the Third Reich have to work?

Answer 9

• They had to work harder for longer hours, and wages were controlled.

Question 10

What was the Strength Through Joy?

Answer 10

• Strength through joy was a branch of the German Labour front which offered holidays and leisure activities for workers, making It one of the regime’s most popular organisations

Question 11

What was the main purpose of the German Labour front?

Answer 11

• The main purpose of the German Labour front was to spread Nazi propaganda among the workers

Question 12

Why was the Strength Through Joy an example of Nazi superiority?

Answer 12

• cruises that went to Finland, Norway, Libya were designed to demonstrate to the world how socially and technologically advanced Germans had become under the Nazi regime and to remind Germans hoe superior they were to the inhabitants of the countries they visited.

Question 13

Why was Strength Through Joy important in the role of controlling people?

Answer 13

• With leisure time as well as work time regulated by the regime, there would be no time or space for workers to develop private lives

Question 14

What was the aim of the Beauty of Labour?

Answer 14

• To get workers to work harder