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

History of the Second World War

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The Unemployment Crisis in Germany in the 1920s and 30s

Germany's economy had been ravaged by the First World War. The Allied blockade caused some goods to simply vanish from the German market. Inflation would eventually slow, but not before Germany was irrevocably changedby its effects. This episode will not really touch on some of the wider political and social events that would occur during this period. We will be spending plenty of time on those events, starting just next episode.

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