Policies to reduce unemployment

Policies to reduce unemployment. 

1. Hitler started a large program in 1933 to reduce unemployment, giving jobs to thousands of people.
2. Thousands of jobs became available due to the huge motorways and hospitals that began construction in the following years. From 1933 onwards, unemployment began to drop significantly.
3. People were later encouraged to work in order to gain rewards. The Nazis introduced the "Strength through Joy" scheme, which provided workers with leisure activities and cheap holidays. Another notable scheme was the "Beauty of Labour" scheme, encouraging factory owners to improve working conditions for workers. 
4. Workers had to join the Nazi's Labour Front after trade unions were abolished by the government.
5. All German men between ages 18 and 25 had to be recruited into the Labour Service and given jobs, where they would train to be a soldier for 6 months and receive pocket money.
6. The German military was built up, and in 1935 military drafting began under Goering's newly-formed Luftwaffe (airforce). The intention was to raise the army from 100,000 to 300,000 men, and from 1935 onwards, men between 18-25 had to join the army. This made the original 100,000 army membership in 1933 skyrocket to 1,400,000 by 1939. 
7. In 1936, a Four-Year Plan was made to prepare the country for war. Workers had to retrain themselves for careers that would benefit the war effort, as part of the plan to make Germany self-sufficient, not relying on foreign goods.