Reflection

Reflection

Today’s lecture on the Weimar Republic was very knowledgeable. I was always aware of Germany’s brief period of democracy but I’ve never known the reasons as to why it failed. If 1/3 of Germany’s debt was due to the reparations, what were the other 2/3rd’s? Because it seems like the reparations didn’t hurt the economy as much as they make it seem. Sure it added to the collapse but it wasn’t the sole reason. I can understand how the inflation led to the rise of Hitler. It was a common belief that banking was a Jewish profession. Hitler was able to use this to his advantage. I realized that Germany is a very unique country. It has been through a lot in its history and it still managed to recover.