Government in wartime

Question 1

Was the structure of the government worsened by the war?

Answer 1

Yes:
. Unclear decision-making procedures
. Overlapping structures

Question 2

How did the war worsen the economic requirements?

Answer 2

Created a new layer of complexity - bodies such as the Todt organisation and the SS pursued their own economic agenda

Question 3

Was Hitler particularly concerned with internal problems in Germany?

Answer 3

No - main focus was military matters during the war

Question 4

Why was the morale worsened in Germany?

Answer 4

. High rate of casualties on the Eastern Front
. Hitler was rarely seen as the leading figure of Nazism - now Goebbels

Question 5

How did the SS govern Nazi-occupied territories in Eastern Europe?

Answer 5

Extremely brutal and exploitative policies - contained 900,000 people responsible for the most extreme aspects of Nazi policy - killings of jews and running death camps