Reichslotterie der NSDAP for job creation

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The National Lottery of the NSDAP for job creation (short form job creation lottery , later continued as the Reich lottery for national work ) was an action that began in 1933 and continued until at least 1940, the proceeds of which were supposed to contribute to the financing of state job creation programs. The party , which used it to finance its own construction projects, was able to dispose of the majority of the net proceeds . Although full employment was reached by mid-1937 at the latest , the job creation lottery was continued.

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The job creation lottery allegedly initiated by Hitler himself was promoted by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda through press instructions and cinema advertising and implemented through street sales and numerous sales outlets such as savings banks, company cells of the NSDAP, etc.

As early as September 1933, all tickets in the first series were sold out at a price of 0.50 Reichsmarks ; the total value was 6 million Reichsmarks. In the third draw, which began on April 20, 1934 (“Führer’s birthday”), the main prize was lowered in favor of more tickets. The ticket price was increased to one Reichsmark.

On the occasion of the seventh job creation lottery in 1936, a balance sheet was drawn up for the campaign that had taken place so far: prizes of 13,000,000 RM were paid out. A lottery tax of RM 3,750,000 was transferred to the state. The NSDAP had the net proceeds of RM 25,800,000 and invested this money in “their magnificent buildings”.

Legal provisions

In the opinion of the Reich Treasurer of the NSDAP , collections and events similar to collections as well as lotteries and draws for fundraising played a very important role, which therefore even led to new legal regulations. As early as the Collections Act of December 14, 1934 (RGBl. I, S, 1250), collections that were to be carried out by the NSDAP, its branches and affiliated associations could be approved by the Reich Treasurer in agreement with the Reich Minister of the Interior. With this “collection primacy” of Section 15, other provisions of the Collections Act no longer apply; No official approval was required. This was legally secured and confirmed in 1935 with a collection regulation of the NSDAP (RGBl. I, p. 906), for which the Reich Treasurer signed alone in the Reichsgesetzblatt, as well as by the Lottery Ordinance (1937, RGBl. I, p. 283). The entire lottery was transferred to the Lottery Office of the NSDAP , which also carried out the Reichs-Winterhilfswerk lottery . The proceeds of the Reichslotterie für Arbeitsbeschaltung or Reichslotterie für nationalarbeit were available exclusively to the Reich Treasurer of the NSDAP and were "mainly used to finance the party's buildings ordered by the Führer."

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In the judgment of Detlev Humann, the job creation lottery was a very dubious instrument in the fight against unemployment: From an economic point of view, it had no expansive effect, but only siphoned off purchasing power and could at best mobilize idle funds. At the latest with full employment she lost all meaning.

The propaganda intention was obviously more important. Millions of tickets carried the message: The National Socialists create work. The job creation lottery appealed to “true popular love” and was part of the illusion of a national community .

literature

  • Detlev Humann: 'Arbeitsschlacht' - job creation and propaganda in the Nazi era 1933-1939. Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0838-1

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlev Humann: 'Arbeitsschlacht' - job creation and propaganda in the Nazi era 1933-1939. Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0838-1 , p. 670.
  2. ↑ Detlev Humann: 'Arbeitsschlacht' - job creation and propaganda in the Nazi era 1933-1939. Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0838-1 , p. 670.
  3. ^ Anton Lingg: The administration of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Central publishing house of the NSDAP, Munich 1939, p. 194.
  4. ↑ Collection regulations of the National Socialist German Workers' Party of July 4, 1935
  5. ^ Ordinance on the approval of public lotteries and draws of March 6, 1937
  6. ^ Anton Lingg: The administration of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Central publishing house of the NSDAP, Munich 1939, p. 202.
  7. ↑ Detlev Humann: 'Arbeitsschlacht' - job creation and propaganda in the Nazi era 1933-1939. Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0838-1 , p. 671.