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The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 plunged Germany into an economic and political crisis that destroyed the Weimar Republic and brought Adolf Hitler to power. This lesson examines the factors that allowed the Nazis to go from a fringe party to the government of Germany in just four years. This is one of the most important topics in the AQA GCSE History specification.
On 29 October 1929, the American stock market crashed, triggering a worldwide economic depression.
Germany was particularly badly hit because its economic recovery depended on American loans (the Dawes Plan). When the US economy collapsed:
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