PROBLEMS IN 1945 Flashcards
What had the bombing campaigns resulted in?
Thousands homeless and millions more refugees.
How many German civilians from the east of the River Oder had fled west? Why?
12 million.
Due to the advancing Red Army.
How much of housing was destroyed?
20%
What was the impact on the economy?
Been badly damaged.
Much of the infrastructure had broken down at the end of the war.
What was a rising threat economically?
Inflation.
What was the upside?
Government authorities and the civil service still existed and there was a well-established banking system even if it faced inflation.
How many women in Berlin had been raped by the Red Army?
One in three.
What was the impact on the Church?
Survived but the scale of death and destruction had undermined a belief in a merciful God.
Following Hitler’s suicide, who was a government formed under briefly?
Admiral Karl Dönitz.
