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The German Home Front 1939–45
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The first detailed, illustrated description in English of wartime life in Germany, and the tentacles of the Nazi state as they affected every man, woman and child.
German families suffered the same hardships as British - labour conscription, extra civic duties, severe shortages of food and necessities, disrupted transport, homelessness and evacuation, separation from loved ones and, for many, bereavement.
However, there were important differences. The dictator for whom many had voted was leading them to ruin; unequalled death and devastation ensued from Allied air raids; and every aspect of life was caged around with repressive decrees that began to replace the true rule of law well before September 1939.
This book outlines and illustrates the living conditions of German civilians in World War II, and the Nazi state's basic structure.
Table of Contents
THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST STATE: the NSDAP take-over of government from 1943 – Administration (ministries and general commissions) – the Party leadership structure
LAW AND THE PENAL SYSTEM: The courts – prisons – concentration camps; the Police (Ordnungspolizei; Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst – Sonderpolizei
THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY: progressive introduction of anti-Semitic measures, 1933–41
EMPLOYMENT: The State Labour Service – the Four-Year Plan – the crisis of January 1942 – foreign workers – child labour – the crisis of January 1943 – 'total war' measures – women in the labour force
CIVIL LIFE: public health – rationing and shortages – compulsory collections – propaganda and censorship (radio broadcasting; films) – postal and telephone services
THE AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY: summary of the bombing campaign
FIRE DEFENCE: Fire Protection Police – Volunteer Fire Brigades
CIVIL DEFENCE: Organization (ministerial and Luftwaffe responsibilities; national services; local services; State Air Protection League; industrial premises; railways, post office and waterways) – Air Protection Warning Service – Air Protection Police – Self-Protection and Extended Self-Protection services – Works Air Protection Service – post-raid services – evacuation
PLATE COMMENTARIES
INDEX
Product details
| Published | 03 Oct 2007 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781846031854 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 40 b/w; 8 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Elite |
| Short code | ELI 157 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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