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German schoolchild and member of League of German Girles in Uelzen, Germany, 1933-1945
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REEL 1 Recollections of period as schoolchild in Uelzen, Germany, 1933-1945: family background; economic circumstances; political attitudes; membership of League of German Girls (BDM) and activities; problems of obtaining accommodation if not a member of Nazi Party; father's attitude towards regime; rise in living standards under Nazis; question of open opposition to regime; parent's anti-Nazis leafleting.
REEL 2 Continues: account of police search of home; mother's doctoring of typewriter used to type anti-Nazis leaflets; fate of local Jewish civilians; attitude towards membership of League of German Girls (BDM); personal reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; reaction of populace to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939.
REEL 3 Continues: attitude towards Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's visit to Munich, 9/1938; attitude of population towards Adolf Hitler and Nazis hierarchy; reception of bombed out people from Hamburg, 1943; appearance of Hamburg prior to Royal Air Force raids, 1942; pre-war anticipation of air raids; effect of bombing raid on Uelzen, 1945; degree to which family was effected by war; anticipation of German defeat.
REEL 4 Continues: parent's view of outcome of war; father's capture at Arnhem, Netherlands, 9/1944; nature of fighting around Uelzen, 5/1945; entry of British Army troops into Uelzen, 5/1945; behaviour of British Army troops. Aspects of period as civilian in Uelzen, Germany, 1945-1947: living conditions after end of war; apprehension of danger from Displaced Persons, summer 1945; degree of knowledge of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp; mother's voluntary visit to Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
REEL 5 Continues: disobeying of non-fraternisation orders; living standards in Germany, 1945-1947; apprehension of entry of Soviet forces into Uelzen, 1945. Aspects of period as schoolchild and member of League of German Girls (BDM) in Uelzen, Germany, 1933-1945: voting in Third Reich; negative attitude to unorthodox people in Nazis regime; her attitude towards League of German Girls (BDM) after Bomb Plot, 7/1944.