Brian L Davis

The German Home Front 1939-45 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Mcgregor, Malcolm

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines and illustrates the living conditions of German civilians in World War II, and the Nazi state's basic structure. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780967479
• Artikelnr.: 38348342

Autorenporträt

Brian L Davis is one of the world's leading experts on the insignia and regalia of Nazi Germany. For this volume he has extensively researched the minutiae of daily life during the Third Reich. His has previously published a three-volume series on the Flags of the Third Reich for the Osprey Men-at-Arms series. The author lives in Surrey, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION·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