Social And Economic Policies Of Nazi Germany

For this past reading I had the ability to gain a better understanding of some of the ideological, social and economical policies that Hitler and the Nazi party created as they came into power. Each of these policies were different but helped to form Nazi Germany to what it was. The policies that were added was the Enabling act, economic miracle, and the 4 Years Act. Even though each of these policies were different they worked together to form the Nazi Germany that is known today. The first act that Hitler created when the Nazi party came into power was the Enabling Act. This act was created in March 1933 and allowed the Nazi government to pass laws without parliament’s debate and this act lasted for four years. Then a law passed on July …show more content…
At this time the unemployment rate for Germany was at a staggering 6 million people. To help lower these number Hitler changed the perimeter of who was considered eligible to be counted toward unemployment and who was. The first thing that Hitler did was not make women eligible to be counted toward unemployment because he believed that women should be home raising a family. He then forced people who didn’t have a job and if they refused to get one they were considered “Work-shy”. If someone was considered to be work-shy they were sent to camps and were not counted toward unemployment. If they wanted to work they joined the National Labour Service or RAD for short. Here they worked on jobs such as digging ditches or planting forest. To avoid men from leaving Hitler created the German Labor Front, a branch of the government that was responsible for giving people the approval to leave the RAD. Without this approval the people were not allowed the leave the RAD. The one rule that dramatically changed Germany was not counting Jews towards the unemployment rate. This act created even a bigger gap in the respect that the Jewish population received and could have even dehumanized them even more than they already have been. By the end of here changes the unemployment rate of Germany in January 1939 to only 302,000. These new numbers helped improve the economy and which allowed more people to favor the Nazi party because they liked all the change that was occurring. People didn’t tend to complain about the new working conditions because if someone was found to be complaining or insulting Hitler or the Nazi party they could be arrested and sent to