These were not directly Hitler's doing but those of the industrialists who financed the NSDAP. The German economy was very much in the hands of Hjalmar Schacht and these industrial combines who used deficit financing in an economic depression during the 1930's to use up the spare capacity in the German economy, including the unemployment. Hitler took no interest or involvement in this and let them get on with it, taking of course the credit for the success.alecsandros wrote:
My understanding is that Hitler and/or his high-staff worked vigourously towards deminishing un-employment in Germany (in Berlin 1931 it was ~ 40%. In 1934 it was about 20% or lower, IIRC). He/them also worked towards building a trusty partnership with several US industry-giants (Ford and GM are the first taht come to mind), which relocated important production facitilies on German soil. This is not solely the Reich's merit, however, since the first contacts between Ford and the German government were established in early 1928.
Schacht himself realised that such policies were ultimately inflationary, and when he tried to warn Hitler in 1937 that the deficit would have to be reduced the Fuhrer sacked him for no longer being the compliant poodle. Hitler did not understand what he was saying and didn't want to know.
Even the road building, the autobahn wasn't Hitlers' idea. It was copied from the Italian Autostrada, another aspect of fascism that the nazis copied from Italy. Incidently many of these types of road building schemes were already being put into effect in other countries, including Britain. For example the main dual carriage roadway between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, 14 miles long, was constructed in 1926 and opened by the future King Edward VIII in January 1927, built at cost of a mere £600,000...... This road is still there today.