WW. 2 Germany. " MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY " / " Fragebogen " 6
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Reference Number: Avaluer:606491 | Type: Medal |
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
German original documents for one person.
Very interesting historical document - "Fragebogen"
Issued: 18 October 1945
Post war document of the: "MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY" / "Fragebogen"
At the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the Allies decided to rid Germany of its Nazi elements. The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg tried the big name Nazis for war crimes. Another solution had to be found to assess just how complicit in the reg...ime other Germans in the western zones were.
The Americans and British produced the famous "Fragebogen", 131 questions on six pages. The questionnaire summarized the life, professional and political activities of the person who filled it out. At first, only German civil servants such as police, judges and city government officials had to fill out the form. Early in the process, many were removed from office because of their brown pasts.
The Americans with 13 million forms for their Zone had high hopes for the "Fragebogen".
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