Previous leaders, Brüning and Hindenburg, had unemployment at “around three million” before Hitler’s reign, mostly due to the worldwide depression due to the American Great Depression of 1929 (Grossman). Hitler’s capability of lowering the unemployment shows that he may have been a better leader economically, albeit tyrannical. However, this may have been a result of him simply omitting Jews from citizenship, therefore removing them from any statistics. Still, Hitler was able to keep the workforce employed through “military rearmament as he prepared for German territorial expansion and war” (Zander). Hitler’s strive for militaristic power needed factories to create weapons as well as soldiers, which both gave jobs. This was a result of him supporting autarky, which is the idea of a self-sufficient economy. He and the Nazis also started the Beauty of Labor, which attempted to show to the German citizens that work was a good thing, in order to further lower unemployment. Public works were also a large factor, since it both created jobs and expanded the German community and amenities. Hitler presumably demanded this for the gain of power as fast as possible. Overall, Hitler’s goal in the economy was to employ all that were capable and also using the economy to increase the
Previous leaders, Brüning and Hindenburg, had unemployment at “around three million” before Hitler’s reign, mostly due to the worldwide depression due to the American Great Depression of 1929 (Grossman). Hitler’s capability of lowering the unemployment shows that he may have been a better leader economically, albeit tyrannical. However, this may have been a result of him simply omitting Jews from citizenship, therefore removing them from any statistics. Still, Hitler was able to keep the workforce employed through “military rearmament as he prepared for German territorial expansion and war” (Zander). Hitler’s strive for militaristic power needed factories to create weapons as well as soldiers, which both gave jobs. This was a result of him supporting autarky, which is the idea of a self-sufficient economy. He and the Nazis also started the Beauty of Labor, which attempted to show to the German citizens that work was a good thing, in order to further lower unemployment. Public works were also a large factor, since it both created jobs and expanded the German community and amenities. Hitler presumably demanded this for the gain of power as fast as possible. Overall, Hitler’s goal in the economy was to employ all that were capable and also using the economy to increase the