Denazification policies of the Western Allies 1945-49

Question 1

What was the cultural and educational denazification?

Answer 1

• Symbols of Nazi rule, such as the large swastika at the Nuremberg stadium were destroyed.
• In education, efforts were made to retrain teachers.

Question 2

What were the limitations of the denazification policies?

Answer 2

• Denazification did not continue after election of Konrad Adenauer.
• In 1951 a law was passed calling the process in West Germany to halt. By this stage the allies did not oppose.