Conditions for Hitlers Rise - Economic

Question 1

Earlier stuggles - results

Answer 1

1923 Hyperinflation
- People could not eat.
- Businesses fell
- At peak, 1 US worth 4.2 trillion mark.
- 1923 costs had soared 700 per cent.
- 300,000 deaths from starvation
- People lost hope in government (shown by Notgeld)

Question 2

Earlier stuggles - Causes

Answer 2

• Money printed
• Owed money for reparations - 132 billion gold marks
• Ruhr occupation

Question 3

Why depression hit Germany so bad?

Answer 3

• Was operating on loaned money from the US (was using this to pay reparations).
• 23 billion marks borrowed from US
• High interest to attract foreign investment but everyone was going to NY instead.
• Unemployment was high (3 million) even before depression.

Question 4

Immediate results of depression

Answer 4

• 6.1 million unemployed in 1933
• Collapse in living standards and industry stopped
• Mood was very low and many went to extremest parties - lost faith in the democracy that failed them.

Question 5

Proof of nazi-depression correlation

Answer 5

Votes:
1928 - 29.8% SPD, 2.6% Nazi, 75.6% turnout
1930 - 24.3% SPD, 18.3% Nazi, 82% turnout
1932 - 21.6% SPD, 37.3% Nazi, 84.1% turnout.
More people came out to vote and they wanted Hitler. 1932 was peak Nazi votes before he became chancellor and peak of depression.