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14: The Great Depression Pt. 4 - Unemployment in Germany

History of the Second World War

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The Impact of the First World War on the German Economy

After about 1929, job prospects for young Germans who were exiting school every year was incredibly grim. Many apprenticeships had evaporated due to difficulties of supporting the industries that had previously provided them. The drastic reduction in industrial employment caused many families dependent on industrial employment to slip into poverty. This radicalization would eventually lead to the events of 1933, but before those events occurred, it first lead to a splintering of the political landscape.

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