What is the German name for the war when the Provincial Lady lived?
Phoney War The Phoney War (French: "Drôle de guerre" ; German: "Sitzkrieg" ) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. It began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France against Nazi Germany on none }} , and ended with the German attack on France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940.
Bernburg Euthanasia Centre The Nazi Euthanasia Centre at Bernburg (German: "NS-Tötungsanstalt Bernburg" ) operated from 21 November 1940 to 30 July 1943 in a separate wing of the State Sanatorium and Mental Hospital ("Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt") in Bernburg on the River Saale in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was one of several euthanasia centres run by the Nazis under their official "Euthanasia Programme", later referred to after the war as Action T4. A total of 9,384 sick and handicapped people from 33 welfare institutions and nursing homes as well as around 5,000 prisoners from six concentration camps were killed here in a gas chamber using carbon monoxide gas.