1. Life in the Weimar Republic
Global History II: Spiconardi

2. Let’s Review Germany’s Treaty of Versailles Punishments…
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3. Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation  when the inflation rates exceeds 50% a month
Something costs $1 in March 2008 would cost $130 in March 2009
Germany in 1923 experienced 322% inflation
A good that cost 1 German mark in January 1923 could have cost 31,896,968 in January 1924

9. Price of Bread in Berlin (in German marks)
December 1918 .5
December 1921 4
December 1922
163
January 1923
250
March 1923
463
June 1923
1,465
July 1923
3,465
August 1923
69,000
September 1923
1,512,000
October 1923
1,743,000,000
November 1923
201,000,000,000

10. Price of other items (in German Marks)
1913
Summer 1923
November 1923
1 Egg
.008
5,000
80,000,000,000
1kg butter
2.70
26,000
6,000,000,000,000
1kg beef
1.75
18,800
5,600,000,000,000
Pair of Shoes
12.00
1,000,000
32,000,000,000,000