d. Economic crises and hyper-inflation
In addition to political problems, the Weimar Republic faced economic crisis and chaos. A key complaint of the Germans when the treaty was signed was that the figure for reparations had not been decided. When the figure of £6, 600 million was announced in 1921, Germany declared that this was simply unaffordable. This increased tension between France and Germany – the latter claiming it could not pay whereas the...