Explain why there was so much social hardship in Germany between the years 1918-1923.

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"Explain why there was so much social hardship in Germany between the years 1918-1923."

During the years 1918-23 there were many reasons why there was so much social hardship in Germany, but the main reason was bankruptcy; its reserves of Gold had all been spent on the war. Also Occupation of the Ruhr made things worse because it increased Germany's debts, unemployment and the shortage of goods. All of this effected people to a great degree and led to German people becoming furious about the Government not being able to find a way out of the hardship, that the German people faced.

Furthermore Germany lost its wealth-earning areas, such as coal fields in Salesia, to its allies and had to pay reparation fixed at £6600 under the treaty of Versailles. Even though Germany asked for a reduction, it was rejected by France because she had to pay war debts to the USA. This deprived Germany from a lot of its income and with no Gold reserves Germany was in the worst Bankruptcy it had ever experienced. Due to the fact that Germany was unable to pay reparations, because it was bankrupt, France sent troops into the German