Question

Which is NOT a reason for the rise of Nazism in Germany following World War I?
A) the corruption of the Weimar Republic government
B) the appeal of a communist state similar to the Soviet Union
C) economic instability due to agreement to pay war reparations
D) the effects of economic depression on German society

Answer 1

B option is the right may be

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B) The appeal of a communist state similar to the Soviet Union was not a reason for the rise of Nazism in Germany.

Explanation:

• After world war I, Germany faced a serious crisis and that's when Adolf Hitler found a new beginning.
• In the early 1920s, he became a member of a tiny right-wing political group later named Nazi or National Socialist German Workers' party.

• All its ideas and policies are supported by the lower middle class and middle-class people that formed Nazism or the German brand of fascism.

• Under the fragile Weimer Republic, political disturbances, corruption and frequent changes in policies, democracy failed to stay strong and give any relief to the people. That indirectly made people support the Nazis.

Thus option A is incorrect.

• Germany fought the war largely on loans and had to pay for war reparations in gold. When in 1923, Germany refused to pay war reparations, led to severe economic disturbances in the country. This made people support Nazis.

Thus option c) is incorrect.

• The German economy was hit the worst by the economic crisis. Industrial production was reduced to 40% of the 1929 level. Workers lost their jobs or were paid reduced wages. Unemployment reaches the maximum and criminal activities increased.
• Such an economic crisis created deep depression anxieties and fear in people. There was a sharp fall in agricultural prices that people were unable to manage their hunger.

Thus option D) is incorrect.

• All the above three were the major reasons which are why people lost confidence in the democratic parliamentary system, which offered no solutions. In return support the rise of Nazism in Germany.

• The demand for a communist state against the Soviet Union partially was in favour of Nazism.
• But this was not a reason for their rise in Germany.

Hence option B) the appeal of a communist state similar to the Soviet Union is correct.