What were the living conditions like in Germany during World War 2?
In the early stages of the war living conditions were surprisingly high in Germany. They were able to plunder the numerous countries occupied in 1940. Moreover, a really drastic fall in living standards would have been an admission that the war was going badly for Germany. After Stalingrad, however, this changed and severe Allied bombing of civilians (July 1943 onwards) made it easy for the Nazi regime to impose drastic curbs on ‘luxuries’ and harness the German economy fully to the war effort.
