https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDLyKSYRqXM
"Social Achievements in the Third Reich 1933-1939
By Stephen Mitford Goodson
Housing for the people received top priority in the Third Reich. During 1933-1937 more than 1,458,179 new houses were built to the highest standards of the time. Each house could not be over two stories high and had to have a small garden for growing flowers or vegetables, as Hitler did not want people to lose contact with the land. The building of apartments was discouraged. Rental payments on housing were not allowed to exceed 1/8 of an average worker's income.
Interest-free loans of up to 1,000 RM (Reichsmark) were paid to newly married couples for the purchase of household goods. The loan was repayable at 1% per month, but for each child born, 25% of the loan was cancelled. Thus if a family had four children, the loan would have been considered paid in full. The same principle was applied in respect of home loans, which were issued for a period of ten years at a low rate of interest. The birth of each child also resulted in the cancellation of 25% of the loan up to the fourth child when the loan was cancelled.
Farmers also benefited. Between 1933 and 1936 more than 91,000 farmsteads were built in Germany. In 1935 the Farm Inheritance Law was introduced. It ensured that all farms bigger than 15 acres could only be transferred by family inheritance.
All trade unions were united into one organization called Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labor Front). Workers' rights were protected by a Tribunal of Social Honor, which laid down conditions of employment. These regulations were superior to any comparable legislation in the world at that time -- and even to this day. As a result of the harmonious relationship between employer and employee, strike action vanished. The taxation of workers, particularly those with families, was sharply reduced.
The Reishsarbeitsdienst (National Labor Service) was formed in 1934 under the leadership of Konstantin Hierl. It was originally set up to combat unemployment. It later became compulsory for all men aged 18 to 25 to serve for a period of six months. Its members were drawn from all classes of society. It provided services for various civic, agricultural, and construction projects. One of its principal aims was to instill Kameradschaft (Comradeship).
The Organization Mutter and Kind (Mother and Child) provided for the welfare, health, safety and financial support of expectant mothers and mothers with children. Their needs were provided for at over 30,000 local centers, kindergartens, and nurseries. Kindergeld (child money) was paid to mothers of insufficient means.
On July 14, 1933 the law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring was passed. This law promoted the propagation of valuable, innately healthy children, while preventing the offspring of hereditarily diseased persons, who placed a heavy burden on the community.
The Jungvolk (10 to 13 year-old boys), the Hitlerjugend (14 to 18 year-old boys), the Jungmudelbund (10 to 13 year-old girls), and the Bund deutscher Mudel (14 to 18 year-old girls) were organizations established to build character and to prepare youngsters for citizenship and nationhood.
Sports and recreation were actively encouraged. All large commercial and public concerns were provided with recreation yards, sports grounds, swimming pools, modern canteens with smoking-free rooms.
In August 1936 the Olympic Games were held in Berlin and were a resounding success. Germany was the most successful nation winning 100 medals, including 41 gold.
Holiday camps were provided at subsidized rates, while sea trips on large cruise ships to foreign destinations were made possible through the Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) program. These voyages were restricted to workers earning more than RM300 a month, with those earning RM200 or less receiving preference. The British Government would not allow these ships to dock in England for fear that their downtrodden workers would learn the truth about working conditions in Germany.
Most Christian denominations were tolerated in Hitler's Germany, and the two main churches, the Evangelical Lutheran and the Roman Catholic were subsidized by the state. On September 10, 1933 Hitler concluded a concordat with the Vatican.
Since churches concentrated on spiritual matters, rather than worldly affairs, worshippers returned in increasing numbers to their church. During the Third Reich 640 new churches were built. It was not uncommon for a pastor or priest to conclude his service with the words "Gott segne den Fuhrer" (God bless the Leader).
In the winter of 1933-1934 a major relief work, known as the Winterhilfswerk, (Winter Help Works) was undertaken to assist the millions of poor and unemployed people. Those persons who had a job were asked to donate a small portion of their wages to unemployed in exchange for a glass or a wooden tag. On the first Sunday of each month families with an income would have an Eintopfgericht (a one pot dinner) and donate the money saved on fuel, etc. to the needy, who would enjoy a hot meal in a large communal kitchen. Over 17 million unemployed persons, casual labourers, widows and orphans were supported by these charitable efforts of the people.
Regarding crime, one of the first acts Hitler undertook was to disarm the police and remove their rubber truncheons. He did this so that the people would feel less threatened and be more sympathetic to the role of the police. At the same time the laws regarding the private ownership of weapons were relaxed. Criminality soon dropped to very low levels, while drug offenses were unknown.
The protection of animal rights was a major concern of the National Socialists, who passed a law to that effect, namely the Reichstierschutzgesetz (Reich Animal Protection Law). The Reichsnaturschutzgesetz (Reich Law for the Protection of Nature) was promulgated on June 26, 1935. It was one of the most advanced laws of its time and included the Dauerwald (long-term) concept which is still used today for the restoration of forests."
http://www.zundelsite.org/archive/news_english/0102_barnes.html
"Do you remember the state of Germany and the German people in the days before the aged Reich President von Hindenburg chose Adolf Hitler and his party as the last hope of saving Germany from certain political, social and economic collapse that would lead to chaos? Tens of thousands of factories had closed their gates. Millions of workers and employees lost their jobs and were thrown ruthlessly into the gray misery of mass unemployment. There seemed no way out. In 1932 our cold-hearted enemy, the Frenchman Clemenceau, said that there were 20 million Germans too many. He seemed to be speaking the terrible truth. There were 7 million unemployed in Germany on the day Adolf Hitler left the Presidential Palace as chancellor of the German people. A third of all working Germans, 21.5 million people including their families, depended on meager public assistance and spent their time without hope of escaping their misery.
Eliminating mass unemployment was the Führer’s first task. He called on the entire German nation to begin a massive battle of work, the success of which is visible to us all today.
By the end of 1933, 2 million citizens had jobs again. By September 1936, the number of unemployed had fallen beneath a million. By 1937 unemployment had vanished. Now the problem was a shortage of workers for the tasks at hand. A shortage of jobs became a shortage of workers! Only 11.5 million Germans had jobs in January 1933. By the spring of 1937, the number had risen to 17.5 million, and by last fall it had risen to 20.1 million. The Reich Labor Front had to be called in to help with the harvest, since workers were lacking. Thanks to the Führer’s rapid and energetic actions, the entire German people is at work creating things that will be immortal.
One of the foundations of National Socialism is the knowledge that only work creates value and prosperity. The well-earned pay envelope has replaced the demeaning dole. Short hours today do not reduce income. Countless workers have risen from the ranks of the lowest paid to well paid craftsmen. Workers and employees, but also the entire German people, including farmers, businessmen, craftsmen and industrial workers, all of us five years ago were unsure if our income would be enough for our daily needs. We thank the Führer today for guaranteeing our income! The national income in 1932 was 45.2 billion marks. It has grown steadily since than, reaching a level of 68 billion marks in 1937. The entire national income has increased by about 23 billion marks, almost as high as the total of 26 billion marks in wages from 1932. In 1937, wages were 38 billion marks. The income of the German worker has risen by 70%."
http://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/danken.htm
"“I have just returned from a visit to Germany. I have seen the famous German Leader, and also some of the great changes he has brought about. Whatever one nay think of his methods, which are certainly not parliamentary, there is no doubt that he has brought about a wonderful change in the thinking of the German people. For the first tine since the (First World) War, there reigns a general feeling of confidence. The people are happier.
Throughout the entire land there is a general outpouring of joy. It is a happier Germany. One man has achieved this miracle. The fact is that Hitler has freed his land of its fear of constant, despair and humiliation, which has given him in today’s Germany, unfettered authority.
It is not merely for his popular leadership that he is admired. (Hitler) is honored as a national hero who has rescued his land from total hopelessness and degradation. He is Germany’s George Washington, the man who won independence from his country’s oppressors.”
http://justice4germans.com/third-reich/
