World War I caused devastating effects on participating countries, especially Germany. It caused a period of hyperinflation, when the prices of goods and services increased rapidly to the point that German Papiermark (term used to call German money after WWI) became worthless and people used it as if it was just normal paper. What made the situation worse is that Germany was also demanded to pay back millions of dollars for the damages of WWI, which was impossible and angered Germans. This and surrounding war allowed Hitler and the Nazi party to conduct the Holocaust.
One factor is that other countries had their own problems from World War I and were still coping. The losses of life from WWI caused despair in the nations as most had lost a …show more content…
The effects of WWI were hard on participants, especially European countries and to prevent that from reoccurring, they proposed the Treaty of Versailles. Many people thought that the treaty would work well and that the countries would do their duties peacefully. (SA WWII Historical Introduction to WWII. 2008. Page 2.) The treaty made Germany lose land to Poland, France, Lithuania, Belgium and Czechoslovakia; German army was limited to 100,000 men, the air force was disbanded and the navy was only allowed to have 15,000 sailors; and Germany was demanded to pay reparations for WWI. (The Holocaust Explained. 2011.) This supports the claim because no one expected Germany to rise from all the negativities and to start another war because of the treaties imposed on it and hyperinflation. The people depended on the Treaty of Versailles as it limited Germany’s power, but the governments knew what was happening from the start of the …show more content…
Someone might disagree with this point, and claim that other countries just did not know about what was happening in Germany. The countries actually knew about it all along but they did not want to interfere as they also did not like Jews and saw them as a burden. When American and British Jewish organizations persuaded their governments to take action, they announced that they would hold a conference to discuss about the Holocaust. Instead of discussing about “war strategies”, the countries talked about how to deal with the rescued Jews; Britain refused to admit any Jews to Palestine and the United States did not want to change its immigration quota. Despite the conference not solving anything, the media was told that there was “significant progress” made. (American Response to the Holocaust. 2009. Page 6.) This shows that other nations did not care about what was happening to the Jews, because they did not take action, especially when they knew about it. Instead of taking in Jews to help them, they did not because they saw them as a problem, much like the Nazis did. The British representative in the conference even apologized to the Germans for “interfering”. This showed Hitler that the other nations would not stop him from his anti-Semitism
One factor is that other countries had their own problems from World War I and were still coping. The losses of life from WWI caused despair in the nations as most had lost a …show more content…
The effects of WWI were hard on participants, especially European countries and to prevent that from reoccurring, they proposed the Treaty of Versailles. Many people thought that the treaty would work well and that the countries would do their duties peacefully. (SA WWII Historical Introduction to WWII. 2008. Page 2.) The treaty made Germany lose land to Poland, France, Lithuania, Belgium and Czechoslovakia; German army was limited to 100,000 men, the air force was disbanded and the navy was only allowed to have 15,000 sailors; and Germany was demanded to pay reparations for WWI. (The Holocaust Explained. 2011.) This supports the claim because no one expected Germany to rise from all the negativities and to start another war because of the treaties imposed on it and hyperinflation. The people depended on the Treaty of Versailles as it limited Germany’s power, but the governments knew what was happening from the start of the …show more content…
Someone might disagree with this point, and claim that other countries just did not know about what was happening in Germany. The countries actually knew about it all along but they did not want to interfere as they also did not like Jews and saw them as a burden. When American and British Jewish organizations persuaded their governments to take action, they announced that they would hold a conference to discuss about the Holocaust. Instead of discussing about “war strategies”, the countries talked about how to deal with the rescued Jews; Britain refused to admit any Jews to Palestine and the United States did not want to change its immigration quota. Despite the conference not solving anything, the media was told that there was “significant progress” made. (American Response to the Holocaust. 2009. Page 6.) This shows that other nations did not care about what was happening to the Jews, because they did not take action, especially when they knew about it. Instead of taking in Jews to help them, they did not because they saw them as a problem, much like the Nazis did. The British representative in the conference even apologized to the Germans for “interfering”. This showed Hitler that the other nations would not stop him from his anti-Semitism