Rationing, indoctrination, propaganda and morale; the changing impact of war on different sections of society including the elites, workers, women and youth
The Second World War forced the Nazi regime to control what Germans ate, heard and believed. War hit different groups — workers, women, young people and the wealthy elite — in very different ways.
Real World
German women who had previously been celebrated as stay-at-home mothers under Nazi ideology were increasingly pressured into factory work after Stalingrad (1943), directly contradicting the regime's own propaganda about female domesticity.
Exam Focus
When analysing impact on different groups, always specify the time period — Nazi policy towards women in 1939 differs sharply from 1942 onwards.
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