David F. Crew
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195053111
- eISBN:
- 9780199854479
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195053111.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter shows concern for hunger, homelessness, and unemployment that were experienced by a variety of different types of welfare clients. The massive increase in the numbers of the city's ...
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This chapter shows concern for hunger, homelessness, and unemployment that were experienced by a variety of different types of welfare clients. The massive increase in the numbers of the city's welfare clients caused an influx of welfare. The Brüning regime was determined to make the municipalities absorb more of the costs of supporting the unemployed. The Reich government provided a financial contribution to the municipalities for their massively increased welfare expenses for the welfare unemployed. The national government during the Depression forced local authorities to reduce the standard rates of support. The physical conditions in many welfare offices made the time spent there extremely unpleasant for both clients and welfare officials. Applicants became more aggressive and the police could not hold people involved in incidents longer. Violence temporarily dissolved the physical and symbolic distance that normally separated and protected welfare officials from their clients.Less
This chapter shows concern for hunger, homelessness, and unemployment that were experienced by a variety of different types of welfare clients. The massive increase in the numbers of the city's welfare clients caused an influx of welfare. The Brüning regime was determined to make the municipalities absorb more of the costs of supporting the unemployed. The Reich government provided a financial contribution to the municipalities for their massively increased welfare expenses for the welfare unemployed. The national government during the Depression forced local authorities to reduce the standard rates of support. The physical conditions in many welfare offices made the time spent there extremely unpleasant for both clients and welfare officials. Applicants became more aggressive and the police could not hold people involved in incidents longer. Violence temporarily dissolved the physical and symbolic distance that normally separated and protected welfare officials from their clients.
