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So Germany began printing money, and lots of it. This made it easier for Germany to pay its reparations, but caused enormous inflation in Germany. People were outraged at the loss in value of their savings, and hardship resulted as the German mark (its currency) became almost worthless. Wheelbarrels of money were rolled around. The value of the German mark went from 4 to the dollar to over 1 trillion to the dollar. The German people disapproved even more of their own government. The setting was ripe for a new figure to rise who claimed to have the cure for Germany's economic problems and could restore German [[nationalism]], [[Hitler|Adolf Hitler]].
So Germany began printing money, and lots of it. This made it easier for Germany to pay its reparations, but caused enormous inflation in Germany. People were outraged at the loss in value of their savings, and hardship resulted as the German mark (its currency) became almost worthless. Wheelbarrels of money were rolled around. The value of the German mark went from 4 to the dollar to over 1 trillion to the dollar. The German people disapproved even more of their own government. The setting was ripe for a new figure to rise who claimed to have the cure for Germany's economic problems and could restore German [[nationalism]], [[Hitler|Adolf Hitler]].
The name Weimar Republic is given because this republic's constitution had been drafted in the city of Weimar because Berlin, which was still the capital of Germany during this period, was too dangerous to serve this purpose in the time immediately following the end of World War I.
[[Category:European History]]
[[Category:European History]]