WW2 Flashcards
(14 cards)
What were the reasons why life was difficult in occupied Europe?
Media Censorship
Curfews
ID Cards
Rationing and Food Shortages
Gestapo Punishments
Gestapo Informants
Strict Laws
Failure of Industry
Jewish People
What is Media Censorship?
Media Censorship meant the Germans replaced newspapers with German propaganda and radio and news reports were limited and one sided. This was an attempt to brainwash the public to show support for Germany.
Why did Curfews make life difficult?
The Nazis didn’t let people leave their homes between certain hours without permission. This led to suffering because people didn’t have the freedom they wanted/used to have.
Why did ID cards make life difficult?
All citizens had to carry an ID card around with them. If they met a Nazi Official, they would be ordered to show their ID card. This made life hard because this stopped many people from seeing family and friends and they would suffer severe punishments if they didn’t have their ID cards.
Why did Rationing and Food Shortages make life difficult?
This was common in occupied zones. Food was prioritised for the Germans, especially meat and agricultural food. This led to suffering because people had to ration food and essential goods such as bread, sugar and coffee because of food shortages.
Why did Gestapo Informants make life difficult?
Germans used informants to monitor activities and conversations throughout the society. This made life difficult because people were unaware of who these informants were, this made them scared to speak freely incase they were taken to a concentration camp.
How did Strict Laws make life difficult?
As soon and Germany invaded, the Nazis introduced their own laws, putting severe restrictions on ordinary citizens. This made life difficult because they couldn’t live freely and had to stay under the nazis severe restrictions or else there would be punishments.
What were the reasons why Jewish people suffered under Nazi occupation?
-Germans confiscated and boycotted Jewish property and businesses. This led to unemployment and increase in poverty for many Jews.
-Jewish people were made to wear the Star of David. This led to suffering because this made them an easy target for public humiliation and violence.
-Jews were sent to Ghettos which caused suffering because they were forced to live in horrifically dirty and cramped conditions.
-There was mass deportation of Jewish people to concentration camps. They were sent to the unknown and ultimately to their deaths.
-People in Europe were bombarded with anti-Semitic propaganda that brainwashed them into feeling disgust and hate against Jews.
-The Einsatzgruppen (SS killing squads) were sent around Easter Europe to kill Jewish people.
What were the conditions in the slave labour programme?
– Men and women were forced to work for the Nazis for little or no pay.
– Prisoners were forced to build tunnels and shelters for armed factories and few refineries.
– Prisoners got tormented .
– Accommodation was too small making it cramped, disease spread easily, killing many
How did countries collaborate with the Nazi Governments?
-The Vichy Government in France sent Jews to concentration camps and then eventually to death camps.
-Norwegian woman signed up to have children with SS guards for the Lebensborn programme.
-Ukrainians living in areas occupied by Germany signed up to fight for the German army, others who didn’t sign up were put in government positions.
-Ordinary people denounced ‘enemies’ of the Nazis to the Gestapo who got them arrested.
How were Roma people treated by the Nazis?
The Nazis discriminated against and murdered Roma people. They also sent them to “gypsy camps”.
How were homosexuals treated by the Nazis?
The Nazis harassed and dismantled Germany’s gay communities. They arrested large numbers of gay men under paragraph 175, the statue of the German criminal code that banned sexual relations between men. Gay men were also imprisoned in concentration camps as “homosexual”.
How were disabled people treated by the Nazis?
People who were regarded as ‘unfit’
got forced sterilisation. This included people with conditions such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and alcoholism.
How were Jehovahs Witnesses treated by the Nazis?
The Nazis made it illegal to be a Jehovahs Witness and people were sent to prison or concentration camps. About 1,500 Jehovahs Witnesses were murdered under the Nazi regime.
