INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
NAZISM IN GERMANY
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1 million
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0.5 million
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0.3 million
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0.1 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1932, 6 million Germans were unemployed in a nation of about 60 million people.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unemployment soared. From a figure of 3.5 percent in July, 1923, it rose to 9.9 percent in September, 19.1 percent in October, 23.4 percent in November and 28.2 percent in December. In addition, for these last four months more than 40 per cent of union members were employed only part time.
Detailed explanation-3: -1 Germany’s unemployment rate fell from 34 percent (6, 013, 612 unemployed, 11, 487, 211 employed) in January 1933 to 13.5 percent (2, 426, 014 unemployed, 15, 532, 793 employed) in July 1934, without the help of extraordinary levels of rearmament expenditure.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Weimar Republic, after the First World War, living standards were poor due to the economic difficulties which the country faced such as hyperinflation. After 1924, living standards started to improve mainly due to the position of Stresemann. Unemployment stood at 4% in 1924.