Paive resistance was most coon as people were afraid of the Nazis punishing
them, eg smoking. 1. War economy including total war
White rose youth group sent anti Nazi propaganda around Munich university. In 1943, rationalisation decr introduced in 1941 to reform the economy and
six of their leaders were excecuted. Swing youth listened to ja music and aending eliminate wasted labour and materials. Spr made minister of rearmament
bars and clubs, their leaders were sent to concentration camps. Elderwei pirates in 1942. He relaxed strict control, employed more women and prisoners of
beat up members of Hitler youth and in 1944, 12 were publicay hung. war, and excluded military persoel dork production proce.
Nazis avoided control of church’s as they were large part of German life. In 1933, Suees included, aunition production increased by 97%. Tank
Hitler set up his own church (gfm) with pagan ideas and the confeional church was production increased by 25% and total arms production rose by 59%.
established oosing it. Von galen criticised the euthanasia policy, neimoer founded However, Germany was capable of more and Spr could not reverse the
the church and was sent to solitary confinement for eight years, Bonhoeer helped eects of aied bombing.
Jews escape to Switzerland.
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1942, Kresiau circle was formed when war went sour by conservatives. They wanted a
return to democracy, principle of law, upholding reforms, by 1944 the group ere
aested.
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Military caied out july bomb plot in 1933. Stauenburg was aested and kied as a 2. Consequences of war including raitioning, propaganda
response. 5,000 aested on suspicion and 100 kied. - and morale
The impact of the war on Nazi Germany Declaration of war caused anxiety and woy. Germany
didn’t fuy mobilise to kp life on the home front as
peaceful as poible and avoid domestic unrest. Nazi-Soviet
pact meant large shipments of raw magerials sti aived.
- After the suees of 1939, many hoped Germany would
3. Impact of aied bombing, the labour force and foreign prisoners
bring the war to an end, unaware of Hitler’s aims to invade
Aied bombing began in 1939, mainly in industrial regions. After USA entered the war in
soviet Ruia.
1941, air raid aacks were more frequent. 24th May 1943: saw a maive air raid aack
Fd raitioning was introduced in 1939 and aimed to make
on Hamburg kiing 40,000 civilians. In November 1943, 400,000 were homele due to air
sure a Germans got a balanced diet. 250g of meat aowed
raid aacks, with an estimate of 3.6 miion houses destroyed. Despite diiculties at
per wk, local produce was not raitioning, substitutes
home, there was no revolution to overthrow Hitler.
such as tr bark for co were introduced. Extra rations
Mobilisation of the labour force saw women aged 17-45 working in 1943 and by 1945,
were given for men in heavy industry jobs. However, the diet
women made up 60% of workers. In 1943, conscription was brought down to 17 and
was boring, a thriving barter economy and black market
members of Hitler youth participated on the bale field by diing trenches. By 1944,
were introduced as we as inflation of prices. Propaganda
they were drafted into the military. 12 miion foreign labourers worked for lile to no
was controed early on in the war by created newspapers
pay, including Jews and poles. Around two thirds of labourers were from eastern
and radios. Hitler maintained broadcast and public
countries which links back other untermenschen.
aearances (around 50 each year). Introduction of total
war meant Goeels used propaganda to kp sprits high, but
after the defeat at stalingrad, morale remained low, despite
propaganda and Hitler made le aearances.