Nazi Economic Policies and Labor Mobilization (1933–1945)

1. Hitler becomes chancellor; recovery policies begin

   Jan 30, 1933Labels: Adolf Hitler, Nazi Government

   • Britannica

2. Nationwide boycott targets Jewish businesses

   Apr 1, 1933Labels: Antisemitic Policy

   • USHMM

3. Free trade unions crushed; DAF formed

   May 10, 1933Labels: German Labour, Trade Unions

   • Britannica
   • DAF

4. Law on Trustees of Labour regulates wages

   May 20, 1933Labels: Trustees of

   • Trustees Law
   • USHMM

5. Strength Through Joy (KdF) announced

   Nov 27, 1933Labels: Kraft durch, DAF

   • KdF
   • DAF

6. Mefo bills introduced to finance rearmament

   Jan 1, 1934Labels: Mefo Bills, Hjalmar Schacht

   • Mefo
   • Britannica

7. Work Order Act imposes Führerprinzip at work

   Jan 20, 1934Labels: Work Order

   • Work Order
   • Trustees Law

8. Reich Labour Service made compulsory by law

   Jun 26, 1935Labels: Reich Labour

   • RAD
   • documentArchiv

9. Four Year Plan launched under Göring

   Jan 1, 1936Labels: Four Year, Hermann G

   • Four Year
   • Britannica

10. Jewish property registration decree takes effect

    Apr 26, 1938Labels: Property Registration

    • Smithsonian
    • Aryanization

11. Organisation Todt established for major construction

    May 1, 1938Labels: Organisation Todt, Fritz Todt

    • OT
    • Britannica

12. Regulation excludes Jews from economic life

    Nov 12, 1938Labels: G ring

    • GHDI
    • USHMM

13. Decree targets “use of Jewish property”

    Dec 3, 1938Labels: Decree on

    • US State
    • Avalon

14. Armaments ministry created under Fritz Todt

    Mar 17, 1940Labels: Armaments Ministry, Fritz Todt

    • RM R stung
    • Todt

15. Speer becomes Armaments and Munitions minister

    Feb 8, 1942Labels: Albert Speer, Armaments Ministry

    • Britannica
    • Speer

16. Sauckel appointed labour deployment plenipotentiary

    Mar 21, 1942Labels: Fritz Sauckel

    • Sauckel
    • USHMM

17. Goebbels’ Sportpalast “Total War” speech

    Feb 18, 1943Labels: Joseph Goebbels, Total War

    • GHDI
    • Calvin

18. Armaments ministry renamed for “war production”

    Sep 2, 1943Labels: Reich Ministry

    • RM R stung
    • Britannica

19. Goebbels appointed plenipotentiary for total war effort

    Jul 23, 1944Labels: Goebbels, Total War

    • Total War
    • Goebbels

20. War ends; Nazi labor-economic system collapses

    May 8, 1945Labels: Allied Occupation

    • Britannica
    • DAF