EUROPE BEFORE WW 1 EUROPE AFTER WW 1

EUROPE BEFORE WW 1

EUROPE AFTER WW 1

GERMANY’S LOST TERRITORIES AFTER WW 1

WW 1 IS OVER, AN ARMISTICE IS SIGNED AND THE WORLD CELEBRATES!

BUT IN GERMANY THE WW 1 NAVAL BLOCKADE CAUSED WIDESPREAD STARVATION

AND NOW IT MUST PAY THE FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COSTS OF WW 1

IN ADDITION, GERMANY AGREED TO PAY $33 BILLION TO THE VICTORS OF WW 1

GERMANY WAS IN ECONOMIC RUINS

THE SOLDIERS COMING BACK EXPECTED MORE

SOME TURNED TO COMMUNISM

AND FOUGHT IN THE STREETS OF BERLIN FOR THEIR CAUSE

OTHERS TURNED TO FASCISM AND LOOKED FOR SCAPEGOATS TO BLAME FOR THEIR TROUBLES

ADDING TO GERMANY’S PROBLEMS WAS ‘HYPERINFLATION’

- A SITUATION WHEN THE CURRENCY IS WORTH LESS THAN THE PAPER IT IS PRINTED ON

CURRENCY COMPARISONS • IN 1918 1 US DOLLAR WOULD GET YOU… 8. 9 GERMAN MARKS • IN 1923 1 US DOLLAR WOULD GET YOU… 4. 2 TRILLION GERMAN MARKS

IN 1923, A LOAF OF BREAD COST 200 BILLION MARKS

AND BUNDLES OF MONEY BECOME PLAY THINGS

SURPRISINGLY GERMANY EXPERIENCED A BRIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE MID-1920 S

BUT THIS RECOVERY WAS SHORT LIVED – THE 1929 STOCK MARKET HALTED GERMANY’S RECOVERY

IN THE 1930 S GERMANS LOOKED FOR A LEADER TO RESTORE THE COUNTRY’S PRIDE, DIGNITY AND PLACE IN EUROPE

YOUR TASK NOW… FIRST –Skim the sheet describing the ‘platforms’ or promises of the three political parties SECOND – Match Party A, B, and C with the political philosophy that best describes them – Communist, Democrat [or Weimar] or Fascist and underline any words or phrases that helped you make your decision THIRD – Read the Case Study assigned to you and decide what party - or parties - this person might vote for and be prepared to back it up with the political promises this person might support