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=__//**The Holocaust History Project**//__=

__**//Anti-Semitism//**__
===**__//Germany and World//__ //__War__ __1__//: The Treaty of Versailles was** signed **in June 28, 1919, in Versailles, France. Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia signed the Treaty of Versailles which ended the war of World War 1. In an agreement to end the war, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia also agreed on that Germany can not form a national military, give up 13% of their land, take full responsibility for the war, and pay 7 billion dollars, in pure gold. After the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Germany's economy suffered dramatically, for the war efforts. The German currency's value went down to its original paper value. (The currency was virtually worthless so it was used instead of fire wood for the winter.)**===

===**__//Economic and Political// Problems:__ As fairly explained in the upper paragraph, Germany's currency virtually became worthless after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The main reason is because the dollar was only worth 4.20 marks. After a few years, the dollar was worth 4.20 trillion marks. This problem/effect is known as "Hyperinflation". Hyperinflation is the extreme or rapid growth of inflation. Another large problem/effect is the political government of the Weimar Republic of Germany. The main problem with this government was that it was very fragile and it also had very many freedoms that made the government to be easily overthrown.**===

===**__ //The Nazi// Party; __ As fairly explained in the upper paragraph, the Weimar Republic of Germany was very fragile, in the sense of that the government was easy to overthrow. Due to this fact, this eventually led to the rise of the Nazi Party. The Nazi Party originally known as the National Socialist Workers Party, started in 1920 and ended in 1945. The Nazi Party started off as a small group of people which grew enormously after time passed. Their strategy to grow enormously was propaganda and "German pride".**===

===__//**Anti-Semitism:**//__ **Anti-Semitism is the prejudice or hatred towards Jewish people. Anti-Semitism does not have an exact starting point, but can be traced back to the Roman Empire era. Although anti-semitism has existed throughout many years, it was never as extreme as the event of the Holocaust. (The Holocaust started in former Nazi Germany, around the year 1933 and ended in 1945.) During World War 2, Germany expanded its territory across Europe. As Germany expanded, so did anti-semitism. Laws in Germany enforced the term anti-semitism.**===