Question 184 of 300 · General section

What did people in Germany call "zero hour" for a very long time?

Correct answer

This was understood to mean the end of the Second World War and the beginning of reconstruction.

All answer options

  1. 1This refers to the period after the fall of communism in 1989.
  2. 2This marked the beginning of the Second World War.
  3. 3This was understood to mean the end of the Second World War and the beginning of reconstruction.Correct
  4. 4This refers to the hour in which the clock changes from summer time to winter time.

Why is this answer correct?

"Zero hour" referred to the end of the war in 1945 and the fresh start of reconstruction: the idea that everything began again from nothing. Historians now view the term critically, since much from the Nazi era continued in personnel and structures.

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Question number
184 of 460
Section
General section (questions 1–300)
Success rate
100% answer it correctly
Source
Official BAMF question catalogue

This question is reproduced unchanged from the official question catalogue of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The real Einbürgerungstest draws 33 questions from this set; 17 correct answers are needed to pass.

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