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Ofcourse, the kids were important too! So its only right they get their own part... So here goes...
The kids were send away from any danger areas, out into the country, so they could be safe. They were known as Evacuees... a very 'cool' name to be called...
In the first four days of September 1939, nearly 3,000,000 people were transported from towns and cities in danger from enemy bombers to places of safety in the countryside. So that they didn't die and they could restart the economy if loads of people died...
So anyway, most of them were schoolchildren, seperated by their parents and labelled like peices of old luggage and took away by small army of guardians - 100,000 teachers. It must of felt weird for the kids because they would have a new address. In fact a 1/4 of the population in Britain had a new address in just 1 WEEK!
Trauma and isolation soon overwhelmed all of children invovled in the evacuation... they were scared, terrified and anger. Most were unaware of where they going, what they'd have to do and when they'd see their parents again...
The fear of air attack from German bombers at the start of hostilities encouraged parents to send their children to safety. There were predictions of 4,000,000 civilian casualties in London alone, and, as early as 1922!!!
Obviously the casualties were over exaggerated! right from the start, most people would of probably thought the predictions were way OTT!
Rationing:
Rationing was happening ALL OVER THE WORLD! This was so that everyone got enough to eat in the trenches because Britain couldn't afford to feed everyone so Ratino Books were formed up, which gave you a certain amount of food for the week...
Heres a recipe for War Time Cheese Pudding... (which was easy and simple to make from rations...)
Ingedients ~ 2 Eggs
250 ml of Milk
100grams of grated Cheese
50grams of Bread Crumbs
a pinch of dried Mustard
Salt and Pepper
Method ~
1. Heat the oven to 200 c, gas mark 6
2. Mix the eggs and the milk together.
3. Stir in the cheese, breadcrumbs and mustard.
4. Add salt and pepper to season.
5. Pour into a greased tin.
6. Bake for 25-30 mins until set.
Then eat it! Yummy!
The things mostly rationed was: Sausages, eggs, bacon, tinned food and cheese. You could also make your own things like bread and grow your own things like raspberries. Then your could also by things like fruit and veg!! ...
Questions:
1. woman has made use of the soil on top of her Anderson shelter by growing vegetables. Why would she have done this?
2. Many schools began giving children free milk. This teacher is dishing it out from an urn. Why do you think children were given milk?
3. Rabbit dolls has been made out of scraps of material. Why do you think so many people made their own dolls and toys during the war?
4. Parents held their babies inside its gas mask. How do you think a baby might have felt?
5. Children are 'evacuees'. They have been sent to live in the countryside because living in the city is dangerous. Why was it dangerous? What do you think is on the label round the childrens' neck?
Answers:
1. They might have used the space, so that it looks less like a shelter so it has less chance of being bombed. And also they might not of had much space to grow foods, so they used the space.
2. So that they stay strong and also so that they got a decent amount of goodness.
3. Because most of the best cloth was made to make soldier uniforms.
4. It would of probably felt very scared! I would of been!
5. It is dangerous because loads of bombs were being dropped everywhere. A placard, with all their details on.
Letters Home: Letters home from Children to parents had loads of information on it, from what their new schools were like to their new carers...
It was their only really form of contact. Letters were easy to write and you could put loads of information in it without paying loads of money... They sometimes contained clothes to send to their parents, socks, vests and gloves...
Letters from parents were kept and definately NOT thrown away! The letters that the evacuees got was the only source of contact from their parents for months on end.
EVACUEES HOME :
A ususal home had a Adults bedroom, a childs bedroom, Hallway, Kitchen, Scullery, sitting room, a small back yard and a Anderson Shelter.
Right to start with the Adults bedroom, it contained: a double bed, gas lamps, a small fireplace to keep the room warm, a dressing table and blackout curtains ~ Heavy curtains. They made sure no light from the room could be seen from outside. If enemy planes saw your light below them you could become a target for their bombs. And also maybe rugs on rhe floor.
Childs bedroom: a small single bed, a chamber pot ~ Most houses had outside toilets in the backyard or garden. If you needed the toilet in the middle of the night it could be very cold! A chamber pot in your bedroom made life easier. Also a waterjug and basin for washing your face and hands in the morning, and last of all a small chest of drawers.
Hallway: Maybe letters on the doormat, Stirrup pump and sand buckets and maybe a picture on the wall.
Kitchen: Stove, Radio, tables an chairs and a fruit bowl.
Scullery: Irons, gas cooker, a gas water-heater, and a gas lamp.
Sitting Room: A fireplace to keep it warm, a bookcase, candles, lino floor and chairs.
Backyard : A metal bathtub, a washboard to wash your clothes, a mangle which wringed out the water on clothes.
Anderson Shelter : Benches for sitting and sleeping on, bunks maybe to sleep in. A suitcase or box to store food and toys in, surrounded in curved panels and people grew vegetables on top of it to make it look better and also to use up the space.
Well thats it for the home... Maybe more later... when i can be bothered! Hehe... Hope you've enjoyed it!
For a great website and where some of this information is from please click below:
WW2 German Children...
Right, German children... So now that Hitler had control over them they did exactly what he said...
Once Hitler gained control, he thought Children Were the FUTURE! Which was true, they were, but how Hitler was taking it to the next level. To make sure they turned out to be
P-E-R-F-E-C-T... ! He did the following things... :
1. He made up Hitler Youth Movements ~
Pimpfen (The Little Fellows) - Boys 6-10 yrs
Jungvolk (The Young Folk) - Boys 10-14 yrs
Jungmadelbund (Young Girls) - Girls 10-14 yrs
Hitler-Jugend (Hitler Youth) - Boys 14-18 yrs
Bund Deutsche Madel (League of German Girls) - Girls 14-18 yrs
2. He rewrote textbooks so that all the things in them were GOOD about Germany.
3. They were made to stand in straight rows, line on in straight rows, salut in straight rows.
4. Teachers belonged to the German Teachers League so they could teach the children properly.
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