History 301
Spring 2000
Prof. Koenker


Nazi Germany and German Workers

April 21, 2000


I. Workers and politics in Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

A. Political preferences

SPD - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - Social Democratic Party
USPD - Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - Independent Social Democratic Party
KPD - Kommunistiche Partei Deutschlands - Communist Party
NSDAP - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Nazi Party

B. Political attitudes
C. Economic conditions

II. Nazis come to power

A. Nazi labor policy

1. German Labor Front (Deustche Arbeitsfront - DAF)
2. Labor regulation
3. Nazi industrial life

B. Impact of Nazism on individual workers

1. rearmament
2. conflict and resistance
3. welfare and benefits

a. welfare systems
b. "Strength through Joy" organization (KdF - Kraft durch Freude)

III. Balance sheet - what happens to class in Nazi Germany?




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