
Unemployment and the arrival of the Nazis in power | A letter
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History explains how unemployment helped the Nazi party rise to power.
In 1929, the Wall Street stock market crash caused a great economic crisis.
Many Germans lost their jobs between 1928 and 1930.
The number of unemployed people more than doubled during this period.
People thought that the government did not know how to manage the economy.
Unemployment also made the Communist party stronger in Germany.
The Nazis said that they could stop the communists in the streets.
The fear of disorder pushed voters toward extreme parties.
Historians still discuss the exact importance of the 1929 crisis.
This period shows how the economy changes a country's politics.
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