In the early 1920s, the value of the papiermark (the native currency of the Weimar Republic of Germany) lost almost all of its purchasing power, causing tremendous instability within Weimar for many ...

The Weimar Germany period is a recurring historical topic. It seems to pop up every few years. But when historians and columnists refer to Weimar Germany, they are usually focused on the years of 1930 ...

Every now and then it helps to dig through the past. Let's rewind back to 1920s Germany. Back then the country was stuck in a less-than-ideal economic situation after the suspension of the gold ...

British historian Taylor (Dresden) adds to a solid body of work on 20th-century Germany with this chilling account of the human face of hyperinflation in the 1920s Weimar Republic. Many blame the ...

Brian M. Carney, in his Oct. 1 editorial-page piece "Teutonic Tailspin: A German Market's Rise and Fall," speaks of Germany's "hyperinflation of the 1920s and 1930s." There was hyperinflation in ...