 Meanwhile, in addition to being excluded from receiving aid under these programs, the physically disabled and homeless were actively persecuted, being labeled “life unworthy of life” or “useless eaters.”

The Nazis banned all trade unions that existed before their rise to power, and replaced them with the German Labour Front (DAF), controlled by the Nazi Party.They also outlawed strikes and lockouts.The stated goal of the German Labour Front was not to protect workers, but to increase output, and it brought in employers as well as workers.