After World War I, Germany faced severe economic collapse caused by the Treaty of Versailles, which imposed heavy reparations. By 1923, hyperinflation destroyed savings, and later the Great Depression (1929) created mass unemployment. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party exploited these crises, promising to restore national pride, rebuild the economy, and overturn Versailles. Economic despair made people more willing to accept authoritarian leadership as a path to stability.
