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 * May 7 1919 **

The Treaty of Versailles was given to the German delegation on May 7 1919. The treaty forced the Germans to give up 13% of its land to France, Russia and also Poland because of their defeat in World War I. One of the most humiliating portions was article 231 known as the "War Guilt Case" which made Germany responsible for the start of World War I.Germany was forced t make huge payments for repairs. Economic and Political Problems

During the hyperinflation the economy of Germany went bad and crazy.The increase of bank notes went up dramatically.When there was only 13 Billion marks in the circulation of 1913,this had jumped to 60 billion by the end of the war. The Government of the Wiemar Republic may have been able to clear all of its depts, but it all came from the citizens wallet.

Many Germans forgot that they had cheered the fall of the Kaiser, had initially welcomed parliamentary democratic reform, and had rejoiced at armistice. Agitators from theft side of the political parties were sentenced pretty badly to prison. On the other hand radical activists like Adolf Hitler, whose Nazi party tried to dispose of the government of Bavaria and "start a national Revolution".The difficulties imposed by social and economic unrest in the wake of World War I and its peace terms and the fear of the potential for a Communist takeover in the German middle classes worked to undermine democratic solutions on Wiemar Germany.

The Nazi Party

When the Nazi Party rose to power in Germany, it brought an end to the quasi-democratic system rule into which the leaders of the Wiemar Republic slipped in response to the economic crisis of the Great Depressions.Guided by racist principles, the Nazis eliminated individual freedoms and pronounced the creation of a Volk Community- a society which, in theory, transcend class and religious differences. Political opponents, especially those in the Communist Party of Germany and the Social Democratic Party of Germany, along with Jews were subject to intimidation, persecution, and discriminatory legislation.