Allies Denazify Germany

Allies Denazify Germany

1. Soviet Zone

   • Successes
     • Major Restructuring of society
     • Replaced old class distinctions
     • Changes in the running of business and industry
     • Nazis in prominent positions purged
     • In Berlin, arrests and dismissals began immediately
     • Old textbooks withdrawn
     • New teachers/ assistants trained
     • Ex Nazi employees given the lowest ration card/ pay
     • Nazi property confiscated
     • Active Nazi businesses closed
     • All swastikas / street names removed
     • Intense re-education programme

2. Western Zone

   • Successes
     • Mass internment
     • Leading Nazi organisations purged
     • 3.6 million people came before the tribunals
     • 870,000 lost their jobs at least temporarily