Attached is 1921 column from The Independent illustrating all the assorted impediments created for Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles.
The short-sighted framers of that agreement could never have envisioned that the post-war Germany they censured and punished could ever evolve into the economically depressed wasteland that would guarantee the rise of Adolf Hitler. Germany’s problems for 1921 involved border skirmishes with Polish irregulars, the Salzburg Plebiscite, famine, inflation, topped-off by burdensome, bone-crushing reparation payments that combined with all the other afflictions only to create more problems.
Another article about the despondency in 1920s Germany can be read here…
German Hardships under the Treaty of VersaillesVersailles Treaty created German InflationVersailles Treaty punished Germany too harshly1920s German economy devastated as a result of Versailles Treaty obligationsGermans Struggled to Survive Fulfilling Versailles Treaty obligationsVersailles Treaty economically depressed post-war GermanyVersailles Treaty obligations proved to be too harsh for Germanypost-war life in Germany under Versailles Treaty burden
German Hardships under the Treaty of VersaillesVersailles Treaty created German InflationVersailles Treaty punished Germany too harshly1920s German economy devastated as a result of Versailles Treaty obligationsGermans Struggled to Survive Fulfilling Versailles Treaty obligationsVersailles Treaty economically depressed post-war GermanyVersailles Treaty obligations proved to be too harsh for Germanypost-war life in Germany under Versailles Treaty burden
