Denazification

Denazification

Denazification - Wikipedia -

"Denazification (German: Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by removing those who had been Nazi Party or SS members from positions of power and influence, by disbanding or rendering impotent the organizations associated with Nazism, and by trying prominent Nazis for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials of 1946. The program of denazification was launched after the end of the war and was solidified by the Potsdam Agreement in August 1945. The term, in the hyphenated form de-nazification, was first used in 1943 by the Pentagon, intended to be applied in a narrow sense with reference to the post-war German legal system. However, it later took on a broader meaning, according to historian Frederick Taylor.

Very soon after the program started, due to the emergence of the Cold War, the western powers and the United States in particular began to lose interest in the program, somewhat mirroring the Reverse Course in American-occupied Japan. Denazification was carried out in an increasingly lenient and lukewarm way until being officially abolished in 1951. The American government soon came to view the program as ineffective and counterproductive. Additionally, the program was hugely unpopular in West Germany, where many Nazis maintained positions of power. Denazification was opposed by the new West German government of Konrad Adenauer, who declared that ending the process was necessary for West German rearmament."

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Thanks for posting this.
I was a big thing in many German towns and villages. Sometimes pretty bloody too.
Stefan.

 

My father served with 5 RHA downgraded after being wounded he was posted to 307 Military Government Detachment in 1946.. He was posted there as PT instructor,
I will try to find his comments hidden some where on PC.
I have reams of copies of Interviews of Germans before allowing them back into local Gov
,He did remark it was an unusual unit ,Top heavy with Officers and WO's.

 

Worth considering.



Always remember, never forget,

Jim.

 

I always wondered why my Father seemed to know so much about Americans and put it down to his unit being Part of Mark Clarks Army in Italy, Did not realise that 307 came under American Command, It had over 600 OR,s supporting it, including 164 Batmen..

 

"Being put to "der Frager" was a phrase some of my uncles knew very well.

 

Fragebogen.

At least these folks had the grace of questions put to them on paper, and not after a dose of la baignoire.

Always remember, never forget,

Jim.

The Fragebogen

Musée de la résistance en ligne.

 

Ja! Meine Deutsche could start WWIII.

 

The work behind the Fragebogen.

















Always remember, never forget,

Jim.