Abstract
The author of this paper looks at Germany after the rise of Hitler to power in 1933 and up until 1941. The writer examines the advances made in Germany during those years in fields such as education, health and medicine, industry, infrastructure, standards of living and science. The author examines the methods chosen by the German government to combat unemployment and to jump-start the depressed German economy. The author contends in his conclusion that: "In many ways, Nazi Germany during the early years of its existence was not such a bad place to live (given that you weren't considered racially inferior, of course). Germans were better off under Hitler than they had ever been under Weimar rule."

From the Paper
"Overlooking the fact that they were not all awarded cars, the gains German citizens made under Nazi rule were significant. Their economy was fully revived, every citizen could find work, housing was affordable, social changes brought gains in equality before unheard of in the class-based nation, and Germans were enjoying a standard of living they remembered only from their distant past. Territorial gains and victory reports were helping to restore a sense of national pride. German researchers and scientists were making tremendous progress in areas such as propulsion and healthcare with the creation of the jet engine and some of the first research to link smoking with lung disease. Programs providing for better food and cleaner drinking water and preventive medicine were established. In many ways, Nazi Germany during the early years of its existence was not such a bad place to live (given that you weren't considered racially inferior, of course). Germans were better off under Hitler than they had ever been under Weimar rule. Hitler brought about many of the economic and social changes he had proposed. For better or worse, Hitler promised and Hitler delivered."

Tags: weimar, lebensborn, reich, fuhrer, rearmament, autobahn, reichsmarks, unemployment, hitler