Children playing with stacks of hyper-inflated currency in the Weimar Republic; ca. 1922 | I hope to be remembered for my atrocities!

Children playing with stacks of hyper-inflated currency in the Weimar Republic; ca. 1922

More information on that period and its effects here. This is often cited as one of the reasons that Hitler rose to power.

(It’s also why we used the tactic of the Marshall Plan after WWII.)

This entry was posted on June 21, 2014 by Miep. It was filed under European History, European Warfare 1789-1918, History, Human History, Images of History, Military History, Modern Warfare, Photography, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Weird, World War One, World War Two and was tagged with Adolf Hitler, AMERICA, black and white photography, British, Currency, Death, Europe, Fight, German, Germany, Government, Historical, History, Hitler, human history, hyper-inflated currency, hyper-inflated currency in the Weimar Republic, hyperinflated currency, hyperinflation, Military, Military history, MONEY, Nazi, Photo, Photography, Politics, Power, Society, US Politics, USA, War, Weimar Republic, Weird, World History, World War One, World War two, WW1, WW2, wwii.

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