The Wall Street Crash of 1929 had profound consequences for Germany. The structural weaknesses within the economy, none more so than Germany's dependence on US credit, revealed just how superficial the 'golden years' had been. The depth of despair wrought by the Depression was immense and accelerated the move away from democracy which provided the situational context necessary for Nazism to flourish. The meteoric rise of the Party in these years, however, was not solely of their own making and was intimately linked with the actions and interests of other groups. Speaker-Rhys

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