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How Did Nazi Rule Affect The Germans?. Nazi Effect on Germans. The Nazi State affected different people in different ways For most people, life was good. Nazi Party Members. Were especially happy. Ordinary People. Life was good Had jobs There was law and order Autobahns improved
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Nazi Effect on Germans • The Nazi State affected different people in different ways • For most people, life was good
Nazi Party Members • Were especially happy
Ordinary People • Life was good • Had jobs • There was law and order • Autobahns improved • Frequent ceremonies- added color and excitement • Propaganda gave people hope • Sense of security
Drawbacks for Ordinary People • Wages fell and strikers could be shot • Loss of personal freedoms • All culture had to be approved
Women • Were seen as child-bearer and creator of family • Law for the Encouragement of Marriage • Gave newlyweds a loan of 1,000 marks • Could keep 250 marks for each child they had • Mothers who had more than 8 children were given a gold medal
Youth • Nazi culture was youth-oriented • NJ had exciting activities for young boys • Nazis treated young men and women as though they were special • Told youth they knew more than their parents
Opponents • Used fear and horror against anyone who disapproved of their regime • Trade Unions banned • Communists put in camps or killed • Many protestant pastors were persecuted or executed • ‘grumblers’ were murdered or sent to camps
Untermensch • Means subhuman • People the Nazis thought were racially or socially inferior • “germs of destruction”
Untermensch • Black people • Jews • Gypsies • Mentally disabled • Physically disabled