The Status of Britain's Ancient Woodlands

Most historians believe Hitler could not have attained power had economic conditions been normal. The German economy totally collapsed in 1923, which was when Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. Although conditions improved by 1930, there was still widespread unemployment and no real confidence in Germany that the Weimar Republic could succeed. Joseph Tiede, Raleigh, N.C.

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