My Mother's Role In Germany During World War II

Women had a huge role in the World War II that so many do not recognize. Women were involved in many different jobs that allowed them to step out of the ordinary norm as the “typical housewife”, and dive into fierce hardworking jobs that until then only a man could do. Women jumped into the factories and many different roles that contributed to World War II, because the need for more American workers was crucial.

On September 3rd 1939 World War II started in Europe. During World War II, more than 16 million American men served in the military. While this large portion of the population was overseas fighting for the United States, women had to do many of the jobs in America normally held by men. Women were considered vital assets to the war effort, and the American government made sure to use their skills and labor in many different areas to win the war. Women contributed to the successful war effort by working society, documenting the war effort, and supporting the soldiers.

During the Holocaust, the living conditions for the Jewish population were horrifying and unthought of. The lack of sanitary facilities meant they had to remove dirt and pests from clothing by waiting in a line that took up most of the day. The barracks that the prisoners slept in was in terrible conditions and the rooms were damp with leaky roofs (“Auschwitz…”). The health and how the jewish lived was no concern of the Nazi soldiers.

There is no doubt that when war occurs, every single human being is affected by it even if it is just a little. In the novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front” written by Erich Maria Remarque, a group of teenage men, who also appear to by classmates, are in the German army of World War I because they have chosen to leave their adolescence at home and school for grown up work at the army. Throughout this fictional novel, they face many challenges that result in them not seeing each other ever again because of death. War affects individuals by leaving behind necessities such as education or jobs, not being able to watch over others such as their health, and injuries that soldiers receive while they are at war.

Over the past couple of week I have been reading the book Prisoner B-3087 which is a book about a Jewish boy named Yanek Gruener during WWII. Yanek was very young at the start of the war, around 10, and he lived in Poland his whole life in a flat apartment. He was growing up with Germans approaching him. His father always said that they would never reach them, but one day they did. The Nazis came marching in, took over the city and built a wall with gates so no one could leave. The let out all the non Jews and kept pushing more jewish families into the “Ghetto”. When the Ghetto started to fill up the Nazis would soon start killing people and taking them to the concentration camps. Yanek’s family soon started to be taken in trucks off to

In the first chapter, “No Easy Answers” Adam analyzes the events that lead up to World War II. This analysis describes the events beginning from the French Revolution to the next hundred years, that led to World War II. Adam emphasises, the “folklore version” of World War II is too simplistic, meaning many accounts do not cover all the different stances of  the war (1). The version that is simplistic which only covers one side roughly without its entirety.  He describes the events that led up to the war by describing the occurrences in three key states: Italy, Japan and Germany. The

Those who were recruited to fight in the war often came from lower class families and many were not disappointed to go to war as there were promises of bonuses, as well board and keep (Nash et al.,2008). Sadly, many of the promises did come true and the soldiers suffered overdue payments, which lead their families to much distress. During the war, the soldiers did not have enough supplies to satisfy all of the men they had in their army, so many went without proper clothing, food, and treatment for illnesses. The war was fought in close range because of the weapons that they were using, which meant that the soldiers often became face-to-face with the individuals that they killed. Because the medical services were so underdeveloped at that time, the soldiers were often better off without seeking treatment after being wounded. Overall, the war was trying for the army men both physically and

In this essay I research studied and explained how three different reasons and people that are involved in causing World War 2. I explained the reasons on why Woodrow, George Clemenceau and Lloyd what the peace treaty that leads to war. I also mentioned how fascism was involved with starting WW2, and by driven by his sense of aggressive nationalism he gained power. I explained how evil Hitler was involved in causing World War 2, the plans he had and the fear of socialism was going to be stop by a strong

(Ofer 5). The families weren’t in their normal “habitat” and at their own homes with all of their stuff and their normal family routine, therefore, the lack of normality, caused family situations to change, some for the good, and some for the bad. An example of a “good” change, was that it drew families closer together, literally, and figuratively speaking. Women also had their own sacrifices to make “in some households, the husband fled at the announcement of war, knowing they would have to fight and were in greater danger than the women” (Ofer 5) leaving the women to do the “dirty work” and become the income-earners. “Some parents who couldn’t afford medication for their sick children, sold part of their bread ration” (Ofer 6) and let their children end up starving to death before they could get medications, because all of their bread was being sold to buy the meds so the kids could get better. Most, if not all, families lived in poor living conditions, such as, cramped living spaces with multiple people, or even cramped transportation, in the cattle cars to get from one camp to another (Weinstock

In the years after the Second World War, people created uncountable numbers of historiographical research on various topics related to the war, such as military tactics in battles, individual groups of men during their time in service, and other such subjects. Not much surprise exists then, that women’s actions in World War II eventually would also gain interest and publication for the public, though it did not gain an undivided focus until the advent of women’s and social history grew momentum. Women, despite being half of the world’s population, doubtlessly had acted during the war years, although limited by social gender expectations of the period. As time passes from 1945, more interest in the lives of women and their effect on the war

The article, “Teens Who Fought Hitler,” by Lauren Tarshis describes many hardships Ben,a teenage Jew who with his family, faced, just like thousands of other Jews who were forced to move into the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis. The Jews were terribly treated everywhere in the ghetto. Each person was allotted only one tenth of food a day that they should be eating. Many diseases including typhus spread. Before the Warsaw Ghetto, no Jew could be at libraries or public parks and were not allowed out of their house after five o'clock.

“This war has turned men into animals,”(Collier, 158) some would say. They usually lived in one room houses without any electricity or running water. Their bathroom and kitchen were in separate buildings, not connected to the house. They usually had low paying, or no paying jobs. Some common jobs during this time were blacksmith, farmer, shoemaker, tailor, cooper, milliner, wheelwright, and printer.

From 1939 through 1941 millions were faced with the violence and devastation of World War II. Life on the Homefront in the United States and Great Britain was difficult and overwhelming.World War II was one of the most bloody battles in history, and most of whom were civilians.In this paper, we will explore what life is like for people during a terrifying war.

For example: most were not subjected to forced labor but they still had routine jobs they had to do daily. People slept on makeshift beds, usually each to their own, until Spring of 1945 when other camps sent their sick to Belson. The sick were forced to sleep in one of the eight sections. Soon the sections were filled with multiple per bed plus many on the floors. This caused an outbreak of disease and in this season alone over 18,000 people died. Since the addition of people, food, water, and other basic needs were no longer

In the 1940s Germany got invaded by many countries such as the U.S, Canada and the British. This war lasted for about two years killing many of people. The people that got caught in hiding were brought to concentration camps. Germany took awhile to recover from the war because they lost ninety percent of their population. After world war one Germany wanted revenge. They thought they were treated unfairly so this led to Hitler leading them to world war two. “Hitler promised to make them strong again”. World War two affected many people around the world, not just the Germans but all the other countries. By everyone going to war caused more women to take over the man jobs. For example, “ Women entered the workforce” and their were labor shortages.