... party came to power almost entirely because of certain events. In 1929 the American Stock Market crashed, a powerful symbol of the growing depression. Germany was particularly badly affected, since Germany's economy was partly dependent on Americas prosperity and a large number of loans made by America to Germany were called back and the German economy crashed (Shirer 168-169). Since the German government suffered badly in ... the depression, the existing Weimar government, put in place by the victorious allies, was blamed (John). Throughout the depression the government became more and ...

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... which spread to virtually the entire industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression. The main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation that took place during the latter part that same decade. The misdistribution of ... wealth in the 1920's existed on many levels. Money was distributed between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agriculture within the Un...

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... Depression . This was America's strategy in the 1930's because Americans had their own problems to deal with, not affairs across the world that did not concern them. The United States went through a lull between the wars, from 1918 to 1939. First, the twenties were a time of prosperity. The twenties were called the "Roaring Twenties- because of the booming industries, the rising stock market and ... the wealth of Americans. The twenties were basically happy times, but all good things must come to an end. In 1929 a chain reaction from downward up to the crashing of the stock market began...

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... but after several weeks of treatment he began to regain his sight." With the return of his sight ended the depression and mental instability Professor Edmond Foster believed was caused by the blindness. At the time nothing was known about mustard gas and Hitler's recovery was remarkable. The doctor linked the histeria with blindness one effecting the other. Sight also caused Hitler ... representatives seats. Although, Hitler succeeded in increasing his party membership and developed the organization of the party with the help of Gregor Strausser. During this time frame, Hitler also creat...

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... . The governments were more often in a state of disarray than not, the populace was disillusioned and scared, and the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1923 saw the economy crumble before the population's eyes. These unfavourable factors combined to create a nation of precarious stature, a country which was looking for a savior. This came in ... weakness of the Weimar Republic turned many people to Hitler's ways, due to this worrying expression of faulty politics. Finally, to the advantage of the Nazi Party, during the Great Depression extremism was on a rise. Extremist parties wh...

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... , there was no way Germany could ever pay it off. Germany really only had one option, and that was to start printing more money. Printing more money though would only lead to massive inflation, but there was nothing else to be done. The reperation payments coupled with the stock market crash and depression in the twenties totally changed Germany. These demand crushed the German economy ... , and many experts predicted it could even mean the starvation of the German people. One of the things Germany had been known for was its ... powerful army. However the treaty declared that the German ...

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