October 1, 1933, in Germany

One of the first things to change every Germans normal habits after they came to power, was that the Nazis created the "Eintopfsonntag".

The "One-pot meal Sunday" ('Eintopfsonntag'*)
To show solidarity with the poor, from 1933 every second Sunday of the months of October through March was reserved for these meatless meals in German homes and restaurants. A neighbourhood warden, Blockwart, came to homes to check that families upheld this practice.



Text on the photo something like: "The political guide reminds to the duty of having a stew."


The saved money = the difference to the usual German "Sonntagsbraten" ('Sunday roast meat') had to be spend for the "Volks-Wohlfahrt" ('people's wellfare', the Nazi charity).



Text on the poster: "Sacrifice for a hungry comrad"


Thus, alone in winter 1935/36 31 million Mark were collected all over Germany. (In October 1935, 75,000 Nazi members collected just in Berlin 375,000 Mark!)


"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach", well they tried it.
Hitler himself was often photographed, when eating stew on "On pot sundays" in the public - this should create even more solidarity.


Text on the right poster: "No-one shall be hungry"

* 'Eintopf', literally "one pot", is normally a stew, a hot pot, a thick soup in Germany. The Nazis originally, however, meant it to be without meat - which seldom was cooked this way, besides 'officially' in restaurants.

source: LeMo, virtual online museum Eintopfsonntag
Maison Neuve