Denazification Flashcards
What did the US invent to decide who could be classed as a Nazi?
The Fragebogen
How many questions were there on the Fragebogen?
133
What issues did the Fragebogen questions consider?
Issues such as involvement in the German army, whether they had relatives in the Nazi party, who they voted for in the 1933 election and whether they were a Junker
What did people who spent their time in concentration camps have to do?
Complete the Fragebogen
What did anyone who wanted to work in the US zone have to do?
Complete the Fragebogen
Without it they could not qualify for state reliefs or apply for jobs
What was ignored by the US?
The fact that the Hitler Youth became compulsory from 1939 onwards and that membership of the Nazi party was a pre-requisite for career advancement in the Nazi state
In one Läntag which had I used the Fragebogen, how many Germans were being investigated for possible Nazi sympathies?
2.5 million
What did the USA do on the 5th October 1946?
5 categories were decided upon with lesser offenders who may have been part of the Nazi party but with little evidence they supported the regime
Placed on probation for 2-3 years
By 1947, using the 5 categories, how many Germans found of being more serious Nazis were being kept in prison camps?
90,000
When were leading Nazis tried?
At Nuremberg in October 1946
What happened at the first ‘Auschwitz trials’ in Poland 1947?
Rudolf Höss, the longest serving commander of the camp, and five other camp officials were trialed and executed
What did Adenauer pass in 1951?
Amnesty legislation which benefitted 800,000 Germans who had previously been classed as Nazi criminals
Why did Adenauer pass the amnesty legislation?
The FRG needed to be a stable society and this included recruiting experienced people for important government positions, even if they had been members of the Nazi party
Who took up much of the low paid and unskilled employment in Germany following the war?
8 million migrant workers from Italy, Yugoslavia and Turkey
What did Adenauers second amnesty law lead to?
400,000 being exonerated after being declared Nazi criminals by the British
