Hitler's economic four-year plan in 1936 emphasized rearmament and the production of local substitutes for raw materials. Hitler's first step was to ban all trade unions as they were a possible source of opposition. Instead, he set up his own compulsory trade union called the German Labour Front which indoctrinated the workers in the Nationalist Socialist state mentality. He also set up 3 other organizations such as National Labour Service, Beauty of Labour to monitor work conditions and Strength through joy, to organize activities to keep the …show more content…
Students were indoctrinated with Hitler's ideas. This would ensure a country with no opposition in the future. Teacher's were sacked if they did not have the right political opinions. Students had no opportunity to think for themselves, they even took race studies as a school subject. They were also expected to join youth organizations in their spare time such as "Pimpf" (little fellows) where they would learn about hitler's ideas as children. As the boys grew up they would do military style training and girls would be prepared for motherhood. Joseph Goebbels who controlled propaganda and censorship, ensure that all books and newspapers censored political views differing from Nazi's. Posters had pictures of Hitler as a wise leader and the poster campaigns gave particular ideas and images a very high profile. The radio was used to broadcast Hitler's speeches. Hence, this ensured that the Germans admired the Nazi's and so would not oppose them. Hence, it was in a way a success for the German people because they lived in a peaceful society without