“Before 1933 Germany was a democracy. Germany had fair elections; nobody had their right to vote abused; there were numerous political parties you could vote for”, Turman describes German politics before Hitler comes to power [ ]. As Hitler won chancellorship in 1933, The Enabling Act was passed which gave Hitler complete control over Gemany. The trade unions were abolished and were replaced by a German Labour Front (GLF), under Nazi Control in which the Nazis made strikes illegal and abolished laws governing minimum wages and maximum working hours. The GLF has provided benefits for workers, such as holiday leave, concerts and sporting events in which the working class have never experienced before. To protect employment, the GLF ensured no worker could be sacked on the spot but also ordered that no worker could leave their job without government permission [ …show more content…
Thus, the implementation of Hitler’s new policies in the period 1933-1939 has effectively transformed Germany society socially and culturally.
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