History - The Effects Of Germany's Depression

Starvation

• Food prices went up to protect farmers but the poor couldn't afford to eat
• Hanover queues to get soup and bread - like US Breadlines

Lost Homes

• Homeless camps were set up - German equivilant of Hoovervilles

Unemployment

• 1926 - 2 million unemployed
• 1930 - 3 million unemployed
• 1932 - 6 million unemployed
• 1930-32 unemployment doubled
• Overall 23 million people affected by unemployment
• 60% students couldn't get a job
• 40% factory workers were unemployed

Millions in Debt

• Farmers fell into debt as prices fell

Poverty

• 15% of Germans got no relief from the Government
• Unemployed people lived in poverty
• One third of the population (17 million) was supported by Dole Money

Growth in Extremist Parties

• The Nazis and the Communists appeared during the depression
• As unemployment rose, so did the number of seats the extremist parties got
• Nazi - 3% to 39%
• Hitler - "I'll provide you with work and bread, if you vote for me!"