In October 1929, the New York stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression.  With their economy closely tied to the supply of cheap American capital, Germans felt the impact of the crash more acutely than most other nations.  Soon the country's economy was in ruins, with millions unemployed.
 
 This episode charts the relationship between German politics and economic between 1929 and 1932, showing how economic suffering led to growing cynicism about the Weimar system.  In 1930 German President Paul von Hindenburg would move away from the parliamentary system, appointing his own man for the position.
 
The episode concludes with a brief discussion of Heinrich Brüning's Chancellorship, pointing out some of the reasons he failed to lift the country out of the Great Depression. 

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