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Old May 9th, 2012, 02:36 PM   #21

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I've read that those figures aren't truly trustworthy as Jews and women weren't included within them? I don't know how true this is though.
which unemployment figures in the world are truthworthy?

If we look to the unemplyment figures, then there are different reasons for the decrease.
First of all, the economical situation was becoming better since 1932. They had reached the low-point. If the nazis did not had come to power in 1933 the number of unemployed had decreased as well.
Second, the nazis pimped the economy by a lot of projects, street building, house building, re-armament. But the financing rested on unsound footing or exactly financed on tick.
Third, in peace time up to 1 million germans were conscripted to the Wehrmacht or the RAD.
fourth, the nazis tried to edge women out of the jobs. As I have shown above, it was not succesful first, but later.

The imprisonement of jews and critics was not important. In 1938 only 60,000 were imprisoned in KZs, in 1939 even just 21,000. Not completely unimportant is the emigration of Jews from Germany. From 500,000 Jews, ca. 300,000 left germany till 1939, further 15,000 escaped till 1940. But I hve no figures for the unemployment among Jews.
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Old May 10th, 2012, 05:58 AM   #22

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I've read that those figures aren't truly trustworthy as Jews and women weren't included within them? I don't know how true this is though.


Beorna already explained, no such figures are completely trustworthy, but they do give a decent picture how was something like. As for the Jews, I am not sure if they are included in this figures and how important they were for German economy, it is similar situation with woman, but even if they are not included, it does not matter, as many of them worked as housekeepers, and those women who had no job simply did not need a one.
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I would say the Jews were convenient in not being so many persecuting them would actually hurt the overall economy. While still many enough, with sufficient accumulated wealth, it paid to expropriate (steal) their stuff.

There were a number of things the Germans did economically that were specifically designed to curry favour with the average German voter. The possibility of getting Jewish property on the cheap was part of it. Another was taxation policy with tax-breaks for people with large families, and punitive taxation of umarried and childless people. The former were breeding the new armies of the Reich, the latter were just sponging, by the Nazi count.
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