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Between the years 1919-1939, the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany in many ways such as economically, politically, loss of German territories, and caused Germany’s armed forces to struggle. The Treaty of Versailles was when Germany and The Allies signed a peace treaty, ending WW1. The treaty stripped Germany 25,000 square miles of land and over 7 million people. The treaty also caused Germany to go into a great depression.

The Nazi group had a major impact on the government and influenced the decision for the next Chancellor of Germany. “...Paul von Hindenburg, had appointed Hitler Chancellor. Having won more than 37 percent of the vote in the previous year's legislative elections, Hitler's Nazi party had enough power to effectively paralyze Germany's democratic government, which had been in place since 1919,” Smith says (pg.15). This shows that Hitler's Nazi group was extremely powerful and explains how Hitler arose to power. This quote reveals that Hitler had the most power since 1919, which demonstrates how powerful Hitler will become in the future. “By the early 1930’s, Germany was in desperate shape. Its defeat in World War One and the harsh conditions imposed by the United States, Britain, and France in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles - included debilitating reparation payments to the victors - had left Germany humiliated and impoverished, with ruinous inflation eating away at its economy. The worldwide Depression that followed the 1929 U.S. stock market crash exacerbated the situation as banks

Many Germans blamed the treaty for their depression and supported Hitler since he blamed the treaty and promised a better future. Over time, people continued to agree with Hitler and his plans for Germany, especially after he became the leader of the Nazis. Since the Germans disliked the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler promised that he would change things to make life more ideal. As a result, more Germans supported him and the Nazi party grew. If it wasn’t for the treaty sparking such unhappiness and anger, less people would turn to Hitler for help. Hitler used the treaty to his advantage to get more Germans to support

The Treaty of Versailles changed Germany’s boundaries and had it pay for all the reparations from the war. John Maynard Keynes predicted that it would lead to Germany’s economic destruction. It did eventually, especially after 1931 when the German economy collapsed. Adolf Hitler came to power just three years after, blaming as many people as possible for their lack of economic security. This

Although there was already tension throughout Europe and Asia, the Great Depression circulated the world. While Japan colonized, Germany conquered European territories as well. Because Germany suffered the most economic suffering, Hitler attempted to regain the territory Germany lost in World War II. He broke treaties with political leaders, stripped the rights of the Jews and other outcasts, and revoked the Treaty of Versailles (Strayer 999). Once “Germany unleashed a devastating attack on Poland,” Britain and France declared war on Germany.

After the war, Germany’s economy took a plunge from debt imposed on them by the Treaty of Versailles. Desperate to get the country’s economy up again, the government produced a surplus of money which only lead to hyperinflation. Money became of lesser value than before the war, and eventually even bread cost a fortune to buy. Adolf Hitler soon came into the picture, vowing to relieve Germans of their economic struggles by proposing to raise prices of produce for local farmers to give them more money for necessities, also making up for losses incurred during the Great Depression. He also promoted the ideas of forming jobs to build public buildings, restore the profits of small business, and remove communism threats. Due to the Germans being in extreme financial stress, Hitler rapidly gained support. In Document 4, Heinrich Hauser stated that “unskilled young people, for the most part, who had been unable to find a place for themselves in any city or town in Germany, and who

Hitler’s rise to power was cemented on August 2nd 1934 after the death of President Hindenburg, already holding the title of chancellor; he took over the presidency and became the Führer, the tyrannical leader of Germany. Hitler’s rise to power was only possible as a result of many issues within Germany at the time. The Great Depression, begun by withdrawal of loans by the US, brought out desperation in people not wanting to see the economic and social hardship seen not long prior during hyperinflation. Germans turned to extremists political parties to solve the crisis. The political system was on rocky ground within Germany and the Weimar Government, only founded after WWI was only new and fragile. Hitler knew how to exploit the weaknesses

The Great Depression in the United States of America caused a rise in Nazi votes (“Hitler Comes to Power”). Although the Great Depression occurred in the United States, it impacted Germany because of the Dawes Plan in 1924. The Dawes Plan allowed the United States of America to fund the rebuilding of Germany after the war. The United States funded the German rebuilding so Germany could repay France and Britain. Once France and Britain were repaid, they could then repay the United States. When the United States economy plummeted during the Great Depression so did Germany’s because they weren’t receiving money from the United States anymore (Palmoski). As business began failing the Nazis gained power (“Hitler Comes to Power in Germany”). The conditions in which Germany was left after World War I allowed Hitler to seize power. Germany’s economy and infrastructure were damaged and Hitler showed promise to fix it. The Weimar Republic was weak, which gave Hitler a chance to change it (“Hitler Comes to Power”). The Weimar was weakened because of the stock market crash in 1929 (Darby). The Beer Hall Putsch gave Hitler the necessary push to use against the current government. Hitler blamed the government for the economic crisis. He used this to his advantage and introduced dictatorship with this

Germany lost World War I, and Germany was subject to the peace terms of the victorious Allies. It was only right that the Allies enforce peace demands, that would weaken Germany. They had just spent 4 years fighting a war, and had lost 5.5 million men to it. They wanted to make sure that such devastation didn’t happen again. The Allies, however did not have the right to enforce the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles. 440 articles of the Treaty of Versailles were dedicated to punishing Germany. The Treaty has several other clauses that limited Germany’s economy, required provisions of land to Poland, and embarrassed the German people. The crippled economy left many Germans unemployed, and led to a Depression. The German people searched

The reason behind Adolf Hitler’s rise of power, one must first understand the socio-historical background in Germany. In

As of the treaty of Versailles and the failure of the Weimar republic it caused the great depression. The depression began on the 29th of October 1929 due to the fall of the wall street stock market forcing the U.S. to take back loans from Germany leaving them in a desperate state. The U.S. notified Germany giving them 90 day to pay back all the money that was loaned to them by America. During the great depression the German government provided no solution to help resolve the depression sooner but if the depression wasn’t harsh it was possible that the republic may have survived but then the unemployment rate was 6 million assuring the failure of the republic. This impacted the German people in many ways such as suddenness of the great depression,

To end WW1, the Treaty of Versailles was created and signed by most countries. This Treaty was made to severly punish Germany. The makers of this Treaty were affected almost catostrophically by the War, so this was a way of “getting them back.” As a consequence, Germany’s terrioty and army was taken, expensive reperations had to be payed, and germany had to take all of the war guilt. They were essentially singled out, and were forced to take all the blame. This crippled not only their economy, but their sense of pride. Hitler took this as an oppertunity to gain power and popularity. He spread the idea of German nationalism using his profound speaking skills. He claimed that Germany could top other countries (www.mtholyole.edu), and this eventully lead to the revival of German nationalism. German citizens were also desperate for a change, since the Weimar Republic was not letting them grow as a country and get past the strict regulations the Treaty of Versailles pressed upon them. Hitler was able to not only break the rules, which appealed to the German people, but able to discard the Weimar republic completely and legitmately help the economy.

The Nazi party has been the party that Hitler was in charge of. Hitler wanted Germany to be more powerful in Europe. He became the leader of the Nazi party. The Nazis wanted to invade all of Europe and be under their rule. Hitler’s allies were Japan and Italy because they had signed a treaty in Germany in 1936. This paper will talk about Hitler’s rise to power and the Nazi party being an important thing to remember in history because it was not just one country, but it affected the whole world and led to World War II.

Germany was suffering under the harsh conditions of the treaty of Versailles, the economic downturn as a result of the Great Depression and the weakness of the Weimar republic all allowed for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party to gain control of Germany. The Treaty of Versailles made the government of Germany look weak because other countries took land away from Germany. The Germans were paying money to other countries because of all the damage they had done in World War 1. They also had to take the blame for starting World War I and they could only have an army of 100,000 men. Germany suffered a lot in the Great Depression which spiralled Germany in despair. Hitler promised the people that he would bring life back to Germany which meant more money into Germany, more land and he will bring back Germany’s pride. However there were negative aspects to Hitler’s rule.

The Treaty of Versailles and its harsh conditions made the Weimar republic weaker to the average German. The Treaty of Versailles had negative effect on Hitler by The Treaty of Versailles pointed the blame at Hitler, he also had to give up some territory, elimination of the army coupled with the great with the Great depression Germany was a state that was powerless. Hitler promise the people of Germany that he would unite the country when he had destroyed his enemies and then the Tear up The Treaty of Versailles “The depression did much of Hitler’s work for him by making large numbers of Germans from all classes