The collapse of the Weimar Republic

The great depression

Wall Street Crash in October 1929

• The US stock market crashed
• meaning no more loans were granted for Germany and the US loan banks wanted their laon paid back
• dangerous for a country that was so dependent upon foreign loans for its 'shaky growth'
• remeber that the Economy had never really recovered from the War and Hyperinflation.
• Banks Closed
• Firms went bankrupt 
• exports fellt from £630 millionbin 1929 to £280million 1932
• thousands of small family businesses and smaller farms went bankrupt
• unemployment rose from 1.3 million in 1929 to over 6 million in 1933
• The real Figure was even higher as the 6 Million did…