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A 4 page research paper that examines how the reparations clause from the Treaty of Versailles facilitated the rise of Hitler. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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placed full responsibility for instigating World War I on Germany and its allies. This "war-guilt" provision, Article 231 of the treaty, required that Germany make reparation payments to the
victorious countries "as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies" (Burns, 1969, p. 876). The exact amount of Germany was
required to pay was to be set by the Reparations Commission, and in 1921 this figure was set at $33,000,000,000 (Burns, 1969). This, of course, put a tremendous burden
on Germany as the country endeavored to recover from the war. The student researching this paper should also understand that between 1871 and 1914, Germany had risen dramatically in the
areas of cultural and political prestige (Burns, 1969). Around the turn of the century, Germany was the leading European power. Her universities, her science, her philosophy and music were known
and admired throughout the world. Germany had also become extremely prosperous, and by 1914, the Germans had surpassed both Great Britain and the United States in several areas of industrial
production (Burns 1969). World War I knocked Germany from her pinnacle and left her to the mercy of her enemies. This was simply too much for the Germany people
to fully comprehend. Rather then believe that their so-called "invincible" armies had been bested in battle, rumors spread that the nation had been "stabbed in the back" by Socialists and
Jews in the government (Burns, 1969, p. 888). Adding to this political atmosphere, the reparations agreement in the Treaty of Versailles was like adding salt to a
wound. Also, the financial hardship of making these payments retarded the growth of the Germany economy during the 1920s, so that when the world economic crisis came in 1930,
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