Some of the answers to this previous question might be helpful to you:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1g2ult/what_was_life_in_germany_like_in_the_month/

(top-line comments by u/b4ssm4st3r, u/EngineerBill, u/panzerkampfwagen, and u/Ahasuerus5000)