The German Home Front 1939-45

by DAVIS, BRIANMCGREGOR, MALCOLM

• ISBN13: 9781846031854
• ISBN10: 1846031850
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-10-23
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Summary

This book outlines and illustrates German civilian life in World War II: the structure of the Nazi state, and the huge range of duties - from farm and factory labour to vital air-raid services - into which women, old men, teenagers and even children were pressed during the war years. Meanwhile, German families suffered the same hardships as British - conscription, extra civic duties, severe shortages and rationing, homelessness and evacuation, separation and, for many, bereavement. In addition, they had to endure a regime which had destroyed all civil liberties since Hitler first came to power in 1933. Book jacket.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
The National Socialist State	p. 4
The NSDAP take-over of government from 1933
Administration - Ministries and General Commissions
The Party leadership structure
Law and the Penal System	p. 9
The courts - prisons - concentration camps
The Police: Ordnungspolizei - Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst - Sonderpolizei
The Persecution of Jews in Germany	p. 15
Progressive introduction of anti-Semitic measures, 1933-41
Employment	p. 20
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	p. 25
Public health
Rationing and shortages
Compulsory collections
Propaganda and censorship - radio broadcasting - films
Postal and telephone services
The Air War Against Germany	p. 43
Summary of the bombing campaign
Fire Defence	p. 49
Fire Protection Police - Volunteer Fire Brigades
Civil Defence	p. 51
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	p. 59
Index	p. 64
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