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Freida Gotze: A Brief Analysis
When the war ended, I assumed I would be shipped back home to Sheffield. To think, I left as a boy and came back as a grown man. I felt as though I should have been excited to go home, but the war had gone on too long to imagine a life without it. The soldier life had been indoctrinated into us.
German Civilian at the Home Front

Freida Gotze was born in Berlin, in 1885. Freida came from a middle class family and was the daughter of a university professor. She spent much of her time during the war, advocating for the importance of women in the workforce. Being from a scholarly family, she developed a passion for Germanic literature and culture.

I am undecided on the outcome of the Armistice and I believed time would tell. For me, Germany was suffering starvation from food shortages. When the war broke out, our countrymen went to protect our fellow Prussians and defend our way of life. War was inevitable; all countries played their part in escalating a regional
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They were joyful the war had come to an end and viewed the Armistice as a day of great relief. The Armistice provided Germans with different feelings. For many Germans, it felt as though they had been stabbed in the back by left wing political radicals. At home, times during the war had been a struggle. They were left to sacrifice as a contribution to the war effort. Now the Armistice was signed, it looked to the people of Germany that hard times still lay ahead. Germany felt as though the Armistice laid all the blame on her and that others were also accountable. Citizens thought the terms of the Armistice were unjust and placing more hardships on the German people. Resentment built up and extreme right wing ideologies began. The terms of the Armistice would leave Germany embarrassed and belittled. The reparations laid on Germany would leave an immense proportion of her population in

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