WW2 Evacuation – Knowledge Organiser Year 6 Spring 2 Vocabulary Key Facts Leaders During the War Evacuation Organised movement of children and the vulnerable from towns and cities to safe zones. 1. 1.9 million children left their city homes for a life in the country, where they were safe. 2. Some children were separated from their brothers or sisters when they were chosen by the host families. 3. The host families received a weekly payment for taking in children. This was usually spent on evacuee children. 4. Some children never saw their parents again as their parents were killed during the war. 5. Some children were made to work as servants by the host families. 6. Some children learnt new skills and didn’t return to city life because they preferred life in the countryside. Allies Great Britain – Neville Chamberlain then Winston Churchill Russia – Joseph Stalin USA – Theodore Roosevelt then Harry Truman France – Charles de Gaulle Axis Powers Germany – Adolf Hitler Italy – Benito Mussolini Japan – Hideki Tojo Evacuee Someone who was evacuated. Concentratio n camp Prison where Jews and other prisoners were kept by Nazis. Nazi Short for National Socialist Party (in Germany). Followers of Hitler were also called Nazis. Holocaust Mass murder of Jews and other people by Hitler and the Nazis. Propaganda Controlling news to show your side in the best way. Holocaust Rationing Controlling the supply of food, clothes, petrol and other products. The Holocaust was a period in history at the time of World War Two (1939- 1945), when millions of Jews were murdered because of who they were. The killings were organised by Germany's Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler. Jews were the main target of the Nazis, and the greatest number of victims were Host family Families that looked after evacuated children. Conscription Being made to join the Armed Forces to fight in a war. Conscientiou s objector Someone who refuses to fight in the war.