Nazi+Domestic+Policy

//__Hitler’s Domestic Policies:__// //**By Vincent**// When Hitler ultimately came into power through the Reichstag fire, he initiated several changes that shifted the current model of democracy towards a dictatorship. The first changes were known as Hitler’s racial policies, which had an enormous effect on people who were not born in Germany but lived inside her boundaries. Terms like ‘inferior races’ and ‘subordinate classes’ were soon to be used as labels for a bulk of the German population who were either homosexual, not in strict conformity with German ideals or political opponents. A major part of Hitler’s domestic policy was to restore the German economy and maximize its efficiency by cartelizing the industry and banking. This puts the economy under governmental control and thus allows German authorities to use an objective approach in order to placate the economic turmoil of WWI. Furthermore, independent labor unions were banned, public works projects initiated and the improvement of consumer products like VW( Volkswagen) emphasized. It was the government’s objective to ‘coordinate’ Germany’s stricken economy as far as possible, seeking continuous growth and lasting profitability. Slavs like Poles were used as an alternative work force in German factories, which gave the military the advantage of having more men available, as slave work freed up men for combat. Putting youth programs into place encouraged young students and children to internalize the ideals of Nazi Germany and flourish in the environment of Church youth groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc. Youth Groups in colleges and high schools made a great impact and showed how the implemented system of the NSDAP cultivated a new generation of Nazi Germans, vowing unquestioning obedience. Suppressing competing parties led to numerous assassinations, especially on the part of the social democrats, who suffered great losses and were physically eliminated during the Night of the Long Knives. The NSDAP also freed itself from the Versailles Economic restrictions and refused any further payments after their take-over. Hitler was on the one hand easing off credits and on the other, expanding them, which launched a powerful economic recovery and enabled the German people to generally reinvest and rebuild businesses. The main cause of the economic crisis in the first place was a credit crunch and as the NSDAP eliminated this threat by introducing new financial policies, easy credits quickly translated into tremendous job creation and economic expansion. Along with the great depression came a dry period of foreign trade, which induced Hitler to bring in autarkic policies that would support Germany’s economy by freeing it from foreign competition.