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Page 1: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and

Pre-WWII

Page 2: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

Why was Hitler so effective?

How did he “get away with murder”? Why didn’t anyone stop him? Why was he so well-liked? Why did he target Jews?

Page 3: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects

of the Treaty of Versailles, which was the official end of World War I.

• Also the Treaty required them to pay reparations to all the countries damaged by the war such as France, Belgium, and other European countries

• Spending over 33 billion dollars severely hurt their economy by forcing the German government to print more money which ended up making their dollar practically worthless.

• German army size was to be limited • This left thousands of young officers unemployed

• Unemployment rose significantly throughout the country

Germany’s Economy After WWI

Page 4: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

• Germany lost all of their gained territory prior to and during the war amounting in 1,000,000 square miles.

Page 5: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

Destroyed German Opera House

Streets of Berlin

Page 6: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

German Children playing with worthless stacks of money

• HYPERINFLATION: Food was scarce and expensive. (A loaf of bread cost 42₵ in 1918 but rose to over $2,000 in 1923.) Germany currency became valueless.

Page 7: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

• Under-Nourished German Children An Early Twenties Magazine Advertisement

• This sad advertisement ran on the pages of THE NATION for a number of years following the end of the W.W. I. Posted by a German charity, the ad pictures a starving German child from one of the more impoverished regions of Saxony or Thuringia. All told, the photo and the accompanying text clearly illustrate the economic hardships of post-World War I Germany.

⟰⟰Starving homeless German woman post WWI

Page 8: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

⇚ Soup Line in Germany 1915

Bread Line in

Germany 1916 ⇛

Page 9: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

The German Great Economic Depression

• Middle-class turned into Poverty.

• Poverty turned into Misery.

• Just like in the U.S. many Germans had to live in Shantytowns

• Unemployment rose – From 1.8 million in 1929

– To 6 million in 1933

Page 10: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

• The German People were disgusted with their government and revolted

• They needed a strong, charismatic leader who could change their country’s State of Affairs

• They needed someone to blame for their problems

• They needed...

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9iUaP51CI

Page 11: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

Why did Hitler persecute the Jews?

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Anti-Semistism goes back to the Middle Ages (500AD - 1500AD). For centuries, Christians in Europe had regarded the Jews as the Christ -killers. !"Over the course of time, Christians began to accept … that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for killing Jesus. According to this interpretation, both the Jews present at Jesus Christ's death and the Jewish people collectively and for all time, have committed the sin of deicide, or “god-killing.” For 1900 years of Christian-Jewish history, the charge of deicide has led to hatred, violence against and murder of Jews in Europe and America."

Page 12: Germany’s State of Affairs After WWI and Pre-WWII...• WWI ended June 28, 1919 • Germany after the first world war was completely devastated by the effects of the Treaty of Versailles,

Timeline of Persecution• 33 AD: Christianity Begins (Judaism 2500 BC) • 1096 : 1st Crusades (Germany) • 1147: 2nd Crusades (France) • 1290: English Jews banished At one time or another Jews had been driven out of almost every

European country. In 1275, they were made to wear a yellow badge. In 1287, 269 Jews were hanged in the Tower of London.

• 1350’s: Jews blamed for Black Death • 1421: Austrian Jews expelled (many fled to Poland) • 1552: Jews in India persecuted • 1920’s: After the First World War hundreds of Jews were blamed for the

defeat in the War. Prejudice against the Jews grew during the economic depression which followed. Many Germans were poor and unemployed and wanted someone to blame. They turned on the Jews, many of whom were rich and successful in business. Why did Jews have money? They couldn’t buy land. So many Jews would lend money which also fostered hate towards them. !12

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Reasons Hitler was so “successful”

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Germany’s economy post WWI/Treaty of Versailles

He was a very charismatic & passionate speaker

anti-Semitism was prevalent for centuries

Germany was disgusted with their government & revolted

Unemployment was rampant; Hitler promised jobs