Germany During the War

What is the key thing to think when asked about the holocaust

It is a solution, a solution to the Jewish parasite problem

Why did Nazi develop gas camps

• they conqoured Europe with lots of Jews, so they could not fit all of them in Ghettos

• The repeated killing of Jew were taxing to SS men

• Also it was inefficient

How would SS kill Jews before the death camps

get them to dig a pit and shoot them

why was pit killing ineffective

waste of bullets

taxing on SS

What were the advantages of death camp over pitkilling

efficeint

and the onlything SS have to do is herd people in and put the gas in

Who cleared dead body in death camp

young Jews

When was rationing introduced

1939

What was the result of rationing

2/5 of germans ate better than before the war

How many hours of hot water was permited

2 days per week

Give an example of baterting

people desperate for tobacco

so farmers trade an egg for cigarette

What were the positive effect of conqouring all the other countres

food

luxury good - perfume and dresses and fur

imported and could be bought on back market

most went to high ranking Nazi

What happened to sport in 1943

suspended

What was Nazi policy due to total war

anything not necessary was closed down

non essential businesses

and sport

magazines not important to the war

Give a fact about kolberg

187 000 soilders employed as extras

In may 1944 how many slave workers

7 million

How many times was berlin bombed

363

How many died in Dresden bombing

25,000

used fire bombs

When was dresden bombing

Feb 45

What roles did women do in war

served refreshments in railway stations to troops

worked in red cross

help collect scrap metal

expected to have more children

how many women between 17 and 45 called up to work

3 milion

how many women actually worked

1 mil

What did the war do to leaders of hitler youth

the best leaders went into the army

Why did the Hitler youth become less popular

too focused on millitary

memebers were fed up with being told what to do

and it fell apart as the best leaders were gone

What did youth do instead of Hitler youth

Swing group and Eldeweiss Pirates

Name 3 more serious thing the swing group did

in cologne they shelterd army deserters

attacked millitary targets

killed head of Gestapo of Cologne - caught and executed

1. How did WWII change working hours for German workers?

longer hours, up to 10 to 12 hours a day

How many German men were taken out of the workforce for war?

17 million men served in the armed forces

How many jews fought against the Nazi in Warsaw

1500

How many poles and Soviets were forced to force labour

2 million

they were often treated as slaves - seen as inferior due ot racial ideology

How many Gypsies killed

500 000

How many more Jews came into Nazi control when they invaded Poland

3 million

How many German workers employed in armaments in 1944

5.5 million

By end of 1941 how many Jews shot

500,000

How many workers were employed in war production overall

2/3 of German workers

How many % of oil production have fallen in 1944 September

By September 1944, German oil production had fallen by about 90% due to Allied bombing of synthetic fuel plant

When was Volkstrum created

september 1944

Fact to show how desperate they are (volstrum)

the mallita contained boys as young as 15

as old as men in 60s and 70s

use old and captured weapons such as Gewehr 98 (used by German empire)