Romanian Eagle

If Italy was in good shape when Eder pointed out Libyan oil, and there was still room to expand its armament, then Germany in 1930 was mourning.

With the implementation of the Dawes plan, American capital poured into Germany. Between 1924 and 1929, the United Kingdom and the United States provided Germany with loans of up to 32.6 billion marks, 70% of which were provided by the United States. The outbreak of the economic crisis caused the United States to withdraw its investment in Germany one after another, so the economy, which had been improving, entered a state of paralysis with the withdrawal of capital from the United States.

During the economic crisis, its industrial production plummeted. From 1929 to 1932, coal production fell by 32.7%, pig iron production by 70.3%, steel production by 64.9%, machine manufacturing output by 62.1%, and power generation by 23.4%. The gross industrial production dropped by about 40%, the production of means of production by 53%, the production of consumer goods by 25.3%, the total export value by 69.1%, the total import value by 70.8%, and the treasury gold reserves dropped sharply by 4/5.

At the same time, labor hours were cut by an average of about 47%, and in construction, the number of hours worked was reduced by about 66%. The number of employees in various industries has been greatly reduced, among which the number of employees in the steel, machinery and power industries has decreased by about 64%, and the number of employees in the hard coal mining industry has decreased by about 47%.

The economic crisis has had a catastrophic impact on the lives of the working class. Unemployment has increased rapidly. In September 1929, the number of unemployed was 1.3 million, a year later it reached 3 million, in September 1931 it rose to 4.35 million. Unemployment benefits fluctuated between DM 16.44 (large cities) and DM 13.14 (small cities) on a weekly basis. Only 82% of unemployed registered people can receive unemployment benefits, which is not enough to solve the problem of food and clothing.

The economic crisis also hit the urban and rural petty bourgeoisie hard. During the economic crisis, the economic status of urban small businessmen, small business owners and artisans was volatile. Many factories closed down, and small and medium-sized enterprises went bankrupt in large numbers.

According to German official statistics, from 1928 to 1931, the total number of factory closures rose from 10,595 to 19,254, almost doubling. During the same period, the annual combined total of factories rose from 3,147 to 8,628, an almost doubled increase. Among them, the situation of individual traders was very embarrassing. In 1931, 6,664 stores closed down and 3,581 were forced to merge.

Millions of people have lost their jobs and the German economy is in trouble, and it is mainly the Weimar government's inability to do anything about an economy that is close to collapse, leaving many people disappointed.

At this time, Hitler's ** Workers' Party took this opportunity to shout, "Let every family in Germany have milk and bread on the table." Such inspiring slogans naturally have enough supporters.

In the 1930 congressional elections, the German Workers' Party, represented by Hitler, won a total of more than 6.4 million votes.

Occupy and the number of ** parties in Congress actually reached 1/4. You must know that in the previous parliamentary elections in 1928, the ****** German Workers' Party only won 810,000 votes. This rapid growth surprised everyone.

When the news of the results of the congressional elections reached the Brown Palace, the newly built headquarters of the Communist Party, almost everyone cheered. And the only one who didn't cheer for it was its leader, Hitler.

"What's the matter with you, leader?"

His admirer Hess was the first to discover Hitler's anomaly, and he hurriedly walked over and asked. "Leader, what's wrong with you?"

"The result of this election is very unexpected. I didn't expect so many people to support us. It seems that we are not far from governing."

Seeing that Hitler, after hearing such excellent election results, still did not forget to think about the future. Hess was deeply impressed by this.

I saw Hitler continue. "However, the vote of the people alone will not allow our party to govern. Next, we need to win over those factory owners and Junkers to gain real power."

It can be seen that Hitler had a clear idea of ​​how to take charge of Germany, and knew what to do to pave the way for it. The abnormality of the two quickly attracted the attention of others, and I saw Goering, the fat man, pulled Hitler and said. "Leader, you can't miss today's carnival."

And Goering's words also aroused the approval of others, and Rom, Goebbels, Himmler and others also spoke.

"Yes, leader. You can't be absent."

Hitler did not expect so many votes in this election because he underestimated the losses suffered by the petty bourgeoisie in this economic crisis. In the eyes of ordinary people, German industry is mainly composed of the industrial monopoly of the Konzern enterprises. Yes, these companies play a huge role in heavy industry, and companies such as Maoqi, Krupp, and Farben Chemical are among the best.

However, although it has a monopoly in heavy industry, it cannot do it in light industry. Although monopoly organizations have also emerged in the light industry and food processing sectors, they are mainly lower-level monopoly forms of cartels that maintain independence in production and are united by small and medium-sized enterprises.

In the textile, food processing, paper, leather and other sectors, there have always been a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, including early capitalist workshops, traditional industries, and peasant cottage industries.

According to statistics, from 1882 to 1895, the number of large enterprises (more than 50 employees) in the German food processing industry increased from 1,125 to 1,826, and the number of employees increased from 148,512 to 246,490. The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (small enterprises with no more than 5 employees) increased from 244,161 to 268,145, and the number of employees increased from 595,369 to 775,000.

In rural Germany, due to the German roads, the development of agricultural capitalism was slow, and there were also a large number of middle and small peasant economies along with the large estates of the Junkers. According to statistics in 1925, there were 3,046,302 small-scale peasant manors operating land of less than 20 hectares, accounting for 47.2% of the total agricultural area.

There are 199,825 large farm manors operating 20-100 hectares of land, accounting for 26.4% of the total agricultural area. There are 18,671 Junkers' large estates operating over 100 hectares of land, accounting for 20.2% of the total agricultural area.

The arrival of the economic crisis has also dealt a heavy blow to the urban and rural petty bourgeoisie. During the economic crisis, the economic status of urban small businessmen, small business owners and artisans was volatile. Many factories closed down, and small and medium-sized enterprises went bankrupt in large numbers.

According to German official statistics, from 1928 to 1930, the total number of factory closures rose from 10,595 to 17,254, an increase of seven floors. During the same period, the annual combined total of factories rose from 3,147 to 8,628, an almost doubled increase. Among them, the situation of individual traders was very embarrassing. In 1930, 5,172 stores closed down and 2,781 were forced to merge.

Just when the economic and social status of the petty bourgeoisie was seriously threatened, they were disappointed with the republic and gradually separated from the traditional bourgeois party to find a way out. And the propaganda slogans of the German Workers' Party just attracted these people.

So this election made Hitler's Workers' Party one of the main political parties in Germany. With such an obvious effect, it would be a crime for Hitler not to seize such an opportunity.