Germany was not the only country to suffer from hyperinflation after the First World War. Austria returned to gold in 1923, Poland in 1924, and Hungary in 1925.

Weimar Germany after World War One went through one of the worst hyperinflations in history, unleashing untold horrors on the German people and their economy. To this day, "Weimar" is always ...

Tales of hyperinflation reveal why Germany remains cautious about economic ... there are folks in Germany who still remember the hyper-inflation of the Weimar Republic after World War 1, ...

Hyperinflation in Germany. When money was literally worth less than dirt. by Alex Q. Arbuckle (opens in a new tab) Opens in a new tab. 1923. Children use bundles of banknotes as building blocks.

In thinking about hyperinflation, we are interested in events from a full decade earlier, as the peak years of Weimar Germany hyperinflation were 1921-23. Then, too, after the hyperinflation ended ...

During the hyperinflation in Germany of 1920s, the country's currency, the mark, went crazy. The government of the Weimar Republic may have been able to clear its debts, but it came at the cost of ...

After World War One, Germany was severely punished by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.; The newly formed Weimar Republic faced much opposition from both right- and left-wing groups.

After all, hyperinflation is nowadays thought of as a rate of 10% or more per month. ... One of the most famous hyperinflationary incidents in history was that of Germany following World War 1.

Germany, as is well known now, had a hyperinflation from 1919 to 1923. At the end, the mark was worth one trillionth of its original value. Afterwards, the new German mark was pegged to gold, at ...