Booklet 4 - East And West Germany

Question 1

When was Yalta and Who attended?

Answer 1

February 1945

Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt

Question 2

When was Potsdam and Who attended?

Answer 2

July 1945

Stalin
Atlee
Truman

Question 3

What was the GDR?

Answer 3

German Democratic Republic

East Germany

Communist

Question 4

What was the FRG?

Answer 4

Federal Republic of Germany

West Germany

Capitalist

Question 5

Who were trialled at Nuremberg?

Answer 5

21 Nazi Leaders

Question 6

Who were the two largest parties in the FRG?

Answer 6

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

Socialist Party of Germany (SPD)

Question 7

How was the presidency changed?

Answer 7

Now elected by state officials

Influence severally limited as there was little/ no military to have control of

Question 8

How was the chancellorship changed?

Answer 8

Must be the leader of the largest party in the Bundestag

Could be taken out by a vote of no confidence by the Bundestag

Article 48 removed

Question 9

How were radical parties prevented?

Answer 9

Courts could ban parties they found to be undemocratic

Question 10

What happened to the Reichstag?

Answer 10

It was replaced with the Bundestag which was similar to Britain’s parliament

Question 11

What percent of west germans were catholic?

Answer 11

45%

Question 12

How long was Conrad Adenauer chancellor for?

Answer 12

1949-1963

Question 13

What was the ratio of Stasi agents?

Answer 13

7 people for every one Stasi agent

Question 14

What happened to Concentration camps in the East?

Answer 14

They were repurposed for war criminals and anti-ussr people

Question 15

What was the SED?

Answer 15

The combination of the SPD and the KPD.

They only existed in the east.

They were practically the tool of the USSR

Question 16

What was the FDJ?

Answer 16

The Communist Youth

Offered good education for members only

Was the next for of the Hitler Youth

Question 17

What percent of women were raped in 1945, by USSR soldiers?

Answer 17

80-85%

Question 18

How many Deaths/ Suicides have been connected to the Rape of Germany?

Answer 18

240,000 deaths

Question 19

What percent of Industry was nationalised (state controlled) by 1949? In the east.

Answer 19

60% of industry

Question 20

Due to the Communist idea of equality. What percent of university students were working class?

Answer 20

1/3

Question 21

What did the European Economic Community do in 1957?

Answer 21

They abolished tariffs for members states. Which improved West Germany’s exports

Question 22

What happened to wages in West Germany from 1950-64?

Answer 22

Reel wages doubles between

1950-64

Question 23

When did NATO allow West Germany an Army?

Answer 23

15th May 1955

Question 24

What was the Hallstein Doctrine?

Answer 24

The GDR is a ‘zone’ not a state

To recognise the GDR is a hostile act against the FRG

No country is allowed to gain financial assistance from the FRG, if it recognises the GDR

Question 25

What was the CDU’s slogan?

Answer 25

“No experiments”

Encouraging voters not to risk their vote on the SPD a party that hasn’t ‘proven’ itself

Question 26

What religions were Schumacher and Adenauer?

Answer 26

Schumacher - Protestant (The Mass)

Adenauer - Catholic (45%)

Question 27

What happened to Schumacher during WW2?

Answer 27

Held in Dachau for his Socialist beliefs

Only SPD politician alive who had not fled or collaborated with nazis

Leg and Arm Amputated

Question 28

What was the Fragebogen?

Answer 28

The US’s questionnaires that designated who was a Nazi or not

This was compulsory if you were to work in the US section of west germany

Question 29

By 1947 How many possible nazis were being kept in west german prison camps?

Answer 29

90,000

Question 30

When were the Nuremberg trials?

Answer 30

October 1946

Question 31

What happened in 1962 when the Spiegel magazine criticised the FRG’s armed forces?

Answer 31

Adenauer had their journalists arrested. In a nazi style.

Question 32

What were Adenauer’s Amnesty Laws?

Answer 32

Allowing 150,000 Nazis off for their punishments, giving them jobs in his government.

Question 33

How many people did the 1951 amnesty legislation benefit?

Answer 33

800,000 people deemed nazis

Question 34

How much compensation did Adenauer pay to Israel due to the Holocaust?

Answer 34

DM 3 Billion

Question 35

Why was the FRG founded on ‘dubious morals’?

Answer 35

Because many of its government members and police were ex-nazis