THE DAY I MET JOE
... they were blamed for World War I and they were left in a depression. In addition to such embarrassment for the people of Germany, the map was redrawn by the League of Nations. This caused many people living on the boarder who were German citizens to be citizens of a bordering country suddenly. The Nationalist party was enraged because they strongly believed that they were Germans and they fervently believed in their country. Hitler’s message was attractive to the border populations because he would make them Germans again. The economy took a dive, as well. The value of money went down to the point where people would bring wheelbarrows of money to the store just o buy a loaf of bread. Many people would do their shopping early in the morning because by the afternoon the value of money would have gone down immensely. The people were vulnerable and angry. To add to that, the League of Nations was helping to repair Germany by giving it financial reparations, which was degrading and mortifying. Not only that, but they disarmed Germany. Hitler and the Nazi party gained immense support from Germans. In 1932, when Hindenburg was elected he knew that since there were 230 Nazis in the Reichstag, he would not get anything done, being that he was not a Nazi. As a result, he elected Hitler as chancellor of the Reichstag. The Nazi party then burnt down the Reichstag and blamed it on the Communist Jews. The Nazi’s believed that the Jews had stabbed ...