Nazis 1939-1945 Flashcards
When was war economy declared?
December 1939
Who was Albert Speer
Structure for war economy in 1942
Trust from Hitler
Factories producing single products and individual freedom
Believed women should work, Hitler didnt
What were 3 impacts on German civilians 1939-1942?
Shortages
Women
Bombing and evacuation
Shortages were caused by ?
What couldn’t they rely on
Who were killed
The worst winter in 1940 lead to shortages in Sping
Couldnt rely on imports
The zoo animals!
The nazis were ? over the ?
The nazis were divide dover the role of women
How many women workers were there from 1939-1941?
760000 to 1.5million
When did the RAF bomb Berlin?
August 28th 1940 for 4 nights
Children were sent to the country side if under 14, where did the rest go?
To hitler youth camps which were strict
When was the Bomb plot?
July 1944
Give an example of a successful public criticism
The Rosenstrasse- 600 women gathered outside welfare office where their Jewish husbands were being held
Name another successful wartime oppostion
The white Rose group handed out 6000 leaflets from munich university
Unsuccessful opposition?
The bomb plot in 1944, 7000 people involved, 5000 executed, didnt kill Hilter
Total war ?
1943-1945
Name 3
factors of total war
Women working
Increase in propaganda
Worse shortages
Out of desperation how many workers were forced to join the army
0.5million
What was the Volksstrurm?
The peoples storm similar to dads army
All men 16-60 who wasnt in the military service joined
When was Dresden bombed and destroyed
1945
What did Germans believe Poland was?
Their lebansraum
How many Poles were told to leave and be replaced by his many germans?
1940 and 500000 Jews replace them
Where Polish jews put before they went to concentration camps?
Ghettos
When was the resistance in Poland and how long did it last?
1944 for 4 months
The Dutch had the same what? so were treated differently to the Poles?
Ethnic background
What two things were kept the same in The netherlands
The education system and work
In 1941, Jews were rounded up. Who opposed and what did this cause?
The Dutch communists opposed and called for a strike, the nazis turned nasty
Men were sent where ? From when?
To Germany to work from 1943
Liberated the Netherlands in 1945?
Canada
Who many people were murdered in concentration camps?
11million
What were the 3 solutions?
- Persecution and emigration 1938-39
- Concentration in ghettos 1939-41
- Murder 1941-45
How many died in warsaw ghetto
140000
What were the three responses to the nazi rule?
- Collaboration
- Accommodation
- Resistance
