„Mit 70 Jahren hat kein Mensch das Recht, sich alt zu fühlen.“ – Altersdiskurse und Bilder des Alters in der NS-Sozialpolitik

Abstract

Social policies of Nazi Germany aimed directly at cutting expenses for pensions and other social security benefits for old people. In order to reduce social costs, the age of retirement was supposed to be increased through various policies. In the field of scientific research, scientist of gerontology, industrial science and medicine delineated projects that promised to ‘conserve’ work ability into a much older age. The declared goal was to make people work much longer than established retirement ages suggested. Especially during the war, new social policies increased the pressure put on older workers to postpone retirement or even to resume employment.