OCCUPATION TO DIVISION Flashcards
How many Germans fled?
12 million
__% of housing destroyed
20%
Problems by 1945 (3)
Population displacement
Urban destruction/ food shortages
Economic
Economic issues in Germany by 1945
Industrial capacity declined dramatically
Inflation, black market
Yalta agreement
Decided that Germany would be divided into four zones
ACC set up
At which conference was the decision to split Germany made?
Yalta, Feb 1945
Potsdam agreement
4D’s
4D’s
De-Nazification
Democratisation
Demilitarisation
Decentralisation
Issues remaining after the post war conferences (3)
Ideology
Security
Economy
How did the Allies deal with the Nazi legacy?
Nuremburg Trials
Denazification
Denazification in the Western zones (4)
Nazi party declared illegal
Ex-NSDAP members banned from leading positions
Questionnaires
Forced to visit concentration camps
Problems with de-Nazification in the Western zones (2)
Shortage of skilled labour
Difficult to find experts who had not been involved in Nazism
Denazification in the US zone
Most harsh- wanted to purge German society of evil
Denazification in the British zone
Not so harsh- questionnaires not pursued so throughly
Ex-Party members soon allowed to return to their positions
Denazification in the French zone
Primarily focused on security from the Soviets
Denazification in the Soviet zone
Blamed capitalism
By 1948. 450,000 Nazi lawyers and teachers dismissed
Used as more of a tool for getting rid of opposition
Decentralisation
Prussia dissolved as a part of decentralisation- symbol of militarism, nationalism and power politics
Why was Prussia dissolved?
As a part of decentralisation- symbol of militarism, nationalism and power politics