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The end of the rule of Adolf Hitler came about when the Nazi Germany was defeated by the allied British in the year 1945[1]. Although Adolf Hitler was sparked World War II in Europe his defeat came in with destruction of property and loss of German lives because of his obstinacy, tough headedness and selfishness. Hitler’s poise that restricted him from accepting to surrender led to the destruction of infrastructure that he had already built. This paper aims to address the history of the Germans after World War II, the German economy and their living standards.
The defeat of the Nazi Germany led to the split of Germany in a period known as the split of Germany after World War II. The country lost its war gains and territories in the East to the Soviet Union and Poland. The German population underwent much torture and suffering, about seven million of the German citizenry left Germany and died during their emigration because of starvation and hard labour. The most affected people were the prisoners serving their time in the prisons. Over ten million refugees who knew the German language well arrived in the country from other parts of the continent such as countries in Eastern and Central Europe[2].
Many of the German POWs were subjected to forced labour with industrial equipment …show more content…
The German Citizens in the German Democratic Republic underwent torture under the secret police known as the Stasi, they controlled the German citizen daily life and made stay in East Germany quite a struggle. The economic stagnation proved hard for the citizens with their living standards and freedom being poor in comparison to those in West

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