Big companies ⇒ benefitted the most from Nazi rule → no longer had to worry about strikes and trade unions Companies like ⇒ Siemens, Mercedes, Volkswagen ⇒ made massive profits from govt contracts. as companies flourished ⇒ so did their managers. → their incomes rose much faster than those of their workers
Farmers During great depression ⇒ Many farmers ⇒ borrowed money to survive ⇒ and were in debt ⇒ esp. with banks. Introduction of Reich Entailed Farm Law ⇒ made it impossible to take land owned by farmers in debt and force them out ⇒ saved many farmers from losing farms However ⇒ farms were not owned by state ⇒ and many farmers still remained poor.
Middle Classes Many middle class Germans ⇒ pleased at the crushing of communists. Owners of businesses ⇒ connected to rearmament ⇒ benefitted from govt contracts. Many small businesses ⇒ found it difficult to do well in prevailing economic conditions