De-Nazification Of Germany

Question 1

Describe the “year zero” policy adopted by many Germans and right-wing politicians.

Answer 1

YER ZERO was the policy of starting fresh in Germany and trying to forget about their past.

Question 2

Who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Answer 2

Konrad Adenauer

Question 3

Identify three ways the Allies tried to de-Nazify Germany after the Second World War.

Answer 3

• they put ex Nazis of trial.
• they tried to get rid of all Nazis form schools hospitals etc. (unfeasible)
• re educating the youth.
• showed people concentration camps.

Question 4

Identify three pieces of evidence that suggest that Germans were not in favour of de-Nazification.

Answer 4

• 1/4 of Germans believed De- Nazification was unnecessary by 1951.
• only 1/3 of students at the University of Frankfurt believed in the future of democracy.
• people were more concerned with containment.

Question 5

Identify three reasons that explain why the de-Nazification process in Germany was limited (e.g. consider the role of the Allies, the aims of Germany, and the feasibility of the process).

Answer 5

• the majority of people working were Nazis and that made it incredibly difficult to fire all of the workforce as Germany would have collapsed.
• there were endless amounts of loop holes such as (;character references and agreeing to work for the usa)
• many of the More important NAZIS used their connections to escape.
• 10% of the population was nazi so it was incredibly difficult to get rid of them all.