In the summer of 1945, the territory of Germany was divided into occupation zones. The Soviet military administration in occupied Germany (SWGA) was carried out by the East Zone. One of the authors of the book “Little USSR” and its inhabitants. Essays of the social history of the Soviet occupying community in Germany. 1945-1949 “, Candidate of Historical Sciences, researcher Vladimir Kozlov described the attitude of the Germans to Soviet power in Germany in an interview with Lente.ru.
According to the researcher, in the first year of the military administration, Soviet specialists and the local population were in a state of psychological alert. The parties shared not only the memory of the war, but also different living conditions and understanding of the world order.
“The Germans flooded the military administration with complaints about the behavior of military personnel. Marshal Zhukov recognized the validity of these complaints and filled his stringent orders for the guidance of order in the Soviet area of occupation by German meanings,” the goats explained.
In turn, Svag employees saw fresh images of swastika and homemade leaflets on the walls. This caused doubts about the loyalty of the local population.
The author of the book noted that the relationship of the local population and Soviet specialists also influenced a complex of superiority over defeated. This circumstance aggravated the fear of Germans in front of Soviet soldiers.
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