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Originally Posted by kestrelx
Money causes a lot of evil and it is used for controlling people. How many people die because of it. Before the Wall Street Crash of 1929 the Germans didn't want to know about Hitler. It was only after years of poverty and the crash of the German Economy that Hitler was taken seriously because people believed he could sort things out. The Germans had massive loans that brought prosperity, but after the Wall Street Crash the American Banks called in the loans and caused massive unemployment which hit Germany badly - leading to people turning to Hitler. Massive inflation caused by calling in loans that the German Government at the time couldn't afford to pay back!
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Go back and read your Junior Book of World History.
German was suffering economically because of the astronomical inflation caused by the repayments imposed under the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919. Well before the Wall St. crash.
Hitler's rise to power started at the begining of the 1920's.
It's simplistic to believe that Nazism prospered purely because of the economic situation under the Weimar Republic.
They also tapped in to peoples' fear and prejudice, and the need for scapegoats.
A similar base prejudice that you exhibited last week, when you posted some homophobic crap on this forum.