Economic Consolidation

In the years 1935 to 1939, the majority of the populace tended to be more aware of the economic consolidation and foreign policy successes than of the legal injustice. In the wake of the Great Depression and over six million unemployed in 1932, the economy steadied worldwide over the course of the 1930s.

Not least, the German economy was revived by expensive measures geared toward rearmament that were part of the “Four Year Plan” – today, we would call it a gigantic economic stimulus program. The majority of the populace primarily saw the drop in unemployment and thus the improvement of their own standard of living after years of hardship and privation. The prospect of being able to afford items with modest means, go on vacation with the DAF organization “Strength through Joy”, purchase a “People's Receiver” or save for a Volkswagen of one’s own boosted their approval of the regime.