Anti German Feeling

Question 1

How did the government promote anti-German feeling?

Answer 1

They portrayed them as evil, they were called the ‘huns’

Question 2

What happened to the Germans in England?

Answer 2

There were 50,000 Germans living in England and they started coming under attack

Question 3

Give examples of German things being changed names

Answer 3

Sauerkraut - pickle
Frankfurt sausages - Cambridge sausages
Johan Schmidt - john smith

Question 4

How did the royal family change their name?

Answer 4

Saxe-coburg Gotha - Windsor

Question 5

How many German spies were executed in WW1?

Answer 5

11 were executed

Question 6

Give an example of a German spy who was executed

Answer 6

Carl Lodi was caught drawing diagrams of dockyards in London. He was put on trial in the Tower of London, he was executed

Question 7

What lead to a lot of anti-German feeling?

Answer 7

Lusitania sinking lead to smashing up of anything sounding German