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Life in Nazi occupied countries

Life in Nazi occupied countries. History 12 Ms Leslie. France. Surrender terms states France must pay for the Nazi army in their country Transportation becomes disorganized Shortage of fuel Labour shortages. Lack of food. Nazi army plundered to feed itself Food rations for locals

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Life in Nazi occupied countries

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  1. Life in Nazi occupied countries History 12 Ms Leslie

  2. France • Surrender terms states France must pay for the Nazi army in their country • Transportation becomes disorganized • Shortage of fuel • Labour shortages

  3. Lack of food • Nazi army plundered to feed itself • Food rations for locals • Barter for food with cigarettes • Not so bad in rural areas

  4. The Dictatorship • Obligatory Work Force - Hundreds of Thousands of French workers sent to Germany forcefully • Curfew - could not go out an night with out permission, had to shutter windows • Education - Children indoctrinated with the new ideas of the Vichy regime • Jews - discriminated against

  5. French Jews • Vichy France complied with Nazi views on Jews and eugenics • Strip citizenship away from the Jews • Require ‘pure’ French couples to obtain a license to have babies • July 1942 - French begin rounding up the Jewish population, including Women and Children - something the Gestapo did not ask for

  6. Vichy gov’t deports 76,000 Jews - only 2,500 survive • It’s important to note the French exceeded the expectations of Hitler when it came to turning over their Jewish population

  7. Occupied Norway • Quisling, leader of the Norwegian Nazis becomes leader • Most fortified country during the war - 1 Nazi for every 8 Norwegians. • Food shortages - the people kept livestock in their homes and grew veggies in city parks

  8. Resistance • Only 10% of the population supported the Nazis • Exiled gov’t in London made radio broadcasts in Norwiegien • Operation cold shoulder • Eventually there was a 40,000 member resistance army

  9. Collaborators • 15,000 Norwegians volunteered for the Nazi army - 6,000 of which see action (total population 3 million) • Lebensborn- children fathered by Nazi soldiers under the program. Are discriminated against after the war

  10. Occupied Holland • Set up a German civilian government • Policy of Gleichschaltung - enforced conformity • 1940 - all socialist activities outlawed • 1941 - only political party allowed is the Nazis • A huge shake up since most Dutch politics are religious based

  11. Hitler saw the Dutch race as part of the Aryan race. • Wanted to make it part of the greater Germanic empire

  12. Dutch Jews • Persecution started after occupation • Feb 1941- Nazis start deportation - the Dutch go on strike • This action is completely unique in Nazi occupied countries - but the Leaders are executed • Nazis set up the Jewish Counsil

  13. Dutch Roman Catholic Church Publicly condemns the actions of the Nazis • R-C Priests are sent to concentration camps

  14. High Jewish death toll • Of the 140,000 Dutch Jews only 30,000 Survive • The Dutch had good civil records • The people did not know about the extermination • There was a huge effort to hide the Jews - but 1/3 of those who did, did not survive the war

  15. Oppression of the Dutch • Civilians forced in to labour • Men 18-45 to work in German Factories • Food taken out of Holland • Germans built a huge coastal defensive line (the Atlantic Wall) this meant Houses are destroyed and people displaced • Civilians forced to do it - worked slowly and poorly

  16. Winter of Hunger1944-45 • Unusually cold winter = less food • Forced to forage for 10s of kms looking for sugar beets and tulip bulbs to eat • Thousands died • RAF eventually able to drop food • Audrey Hepburn lived through it at had life-long effects

  17. Collaboration • Some woman collaborated with the Germans • Some Dutch captured hidden Jews for bounty • After the war collaborators were treated harshly • Women were dragged on to the streets and had their heads forcibly shaved • They would also be covered in orange paint.

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