Chapter 21- The impact of war on German society

Question 1

Who received the least rations

Answer 1

jews

Question 2

When did rationing start

Answer 2

august 1939, before war started

Question 3

Meat rations August 1939

Answer 3

500g per person per week

Question 4

Sugar rations august 1939

Answer 4

250g per person per week

Question 5

Meat reduction after Barbarossa

Answer 5

reduced from 500g per week to 400g

Question 6

How did the Nazis monitor morale

Answer 6

through the Gestapo and SD reports

Question 7

Public mood first 21 months of the war

Answer 7

war was volatile and propaganda did not always lift morale

quick victories in Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia led to celebration

Hitler presented as military genius

Question 8

Who was blamed in 1940 for France’s counter offensive

Answer 8

britain

Question 9

What event led to morale dropping in December 1941

Answer 9

Soviet counter offensive and germany declaring war on USA

Question 10

How did people at home hear about the harsh conditions in USSR

Answer 10

letters home from soldiers

Question 11

Goebbels broadcast told people to do what?

Answer 11

collect winter clothes for soldiers on the eastern front

Question 12

SD report in 1942 about hope in Hitler

Answer 12

“faith in the fuhrer is undeniable”

Question 13

Why was defeat at Stalingrad a shock to the people

Answer 13

Goebbels had told them it was going great

Question 14

Total war speech

Answer 14

feb 1943 by Goebbels, just after loss at Stalingrad
he declared Germany is at “total war”