how did the Depression (in 1932) help the nazis?

Question

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Answer 1

People in Germany were hopeless, and could see no way out of poverty. Their government was weak, their economy failing, and they were ready to listen to anybody who offered hope and a plausible story to explain that it wasn't really their fault.

The Nazis benefited, and so did the Communists, both groups competing for support in the same social classes: the lower-middle and working class - the groups which had suffered disproportionately in the depression. There were actual gunfights between Nazis and Communists in some cities (Munich and Hamburg spring to mind) - there were more Nazis, and they won. After which, it was all downhill.

Answer 2

The Depression effected all the countries badly. But the effects in Germany were magnified by a combination of a weak economy and increasing debt due to the reparations as prescribed by the post - WW1 treaties.

For more information on the nature of the economic problems and the debt which led to hyperinflation - check these links :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic#Economic_problems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation#The_1920s_German_inflation

This potent combination of economic problems and heavy reparations led to hyperinflation. In simple terms - if you wanted to buy bread, you needed a wheelbarrow for the currency.

In these circumstances, the Nazi message of resurrecting the Empire, of righting the wrongs and targeting the Jews was very seductive. The political weakness of the Weimar Republic ( the German state after WW1 and before the Nazis) and its inability to negotiate with the Allies also played an important role.

Answer 3

Not sure if this is true but i think it might have helped them because America lost a lot of money meaning it was weaker and might have had to make military cutbacks making it weaker as a nation, so it would have been less effective at fighting defensively and and offensively

Answer 4

It increased the poverty and unemployment in Germany and made the people desperate for a leader who could solve all their problems and give them a better future.
This is what Hitler promised and they believed him