Saturday, February 13, 2010

Unemployment in 1932 Part 2

In 1932 over 30 percent of the German workforce was unemployed. Finally things were going to turn around in 1933. The election was coming around and Adolf Hitler promised if he was to be elected he would abolish unemployment. Hitler was very lucky when he came around the economy was coming around too. The people of Germany were feeling very hopeful about all of this. However, the policies that Hitler introduced did help to reduce the number of people unemplyed in Germany. As a result of this "policy" people were not given as many rights as they had before. The government decided to make labor alot harder on the people by taking labour-saving machinery away from the people. Employers had to get government permission before changing anything about their business. The government gave most of the contracts to businesses who needed more people rather then machineries. This was especially true of the government's massive motorway programme. As a result of the scheme Germany developed the most efficent road system in Europe. Hitler also abolished taxation on new cars. He believed that every family should own a car and this is why he became very involved in designing the Volkswagen (The People's Car).
He also encouraged the mass production of radios. He wanted the people to understand and respect the steady stream of Nazi propaganda, and he wanted this spread to the German people.

As people thought he was doing good they were just being sucked into this manipulation. See what happens next week when Hitler tries Takes Over The World!!!!!

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