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Germany recovery - Coggle Diagram
Germany recovery
Consequences of Germany's defeat
Economic: Crisis and payment of reparations.
Territorial: Loss of Alsace-Lorraine and colonies.
Political: End of the Empire and birth of the Weimar Republic.
International: German isolation.
Social: Poverty and resentment.
Birth and growth of Nazism
Promises of employment, pride, and recovery.
Crash of '29 → economic collapse → rise of Nazism.
Emerges after World War I: crisis + humiliation.
In 1933, Hitler came to power and established a totalitarian regime.
Road to Nazi power
Crises of 1923 and 1929.
Nazi promises.
Versailles → discontent.
1933: Hitler comes to power.
Crisis of the Weimar Republic
Economic crises: hyperinflation (1923) and Great Depression (1929).
Political instability: violence and discontent over Versailles.
Weaknesses of the system: strong president and many parties.
The Crash of '29
Effects on Germany: withdrawal of loans from the US → deep crisis.
Strengthens extremist movements such as Nazism.
Causes: speculation, overproduction, bad policies.
Economic recovery
1933–1945 (Nazism): public works and rearmament → war-based recovery.
1945–1990: Marshall Plan → “economic miracle” in West Germany.
1918–1933 (Weimar): Dawes Plan → brief stability.