Season 1 · Episode 31

Germany Commits Suicide by Cancelling War Reparations | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1931 Part 3 of 3

• Release date
• September 5, 2019
• Runtime
• 17 min

The episode explores how the cancellation of war reparations, rather than reparations themselves, became a critical catalyst for Nazi rise. It argues that the austerity measures implemented by Chancellor Heinrich Brüning to secure reparation cancellation drove Germany toward economic collapse and ultimately into Hitler's hands.