In 1929 the American Stock Market crashed, a powerful symbol of the growing depression. Germany was particularly badly affected, since Germany's economy was partly dependent on Americas prosperity and a large number of loans made by America to Germany were called back and the German economy crashed (Shirer 168-169). ... Hitler shot his pistol in the middle of Kahr's speech and shouted, "The national revolution has begun." The "revolution" began when Hitler lied to the people saying the Bavarian Trumimvirate, Kahr, Lossow, and Seisser had joined forces with him. ... Hitler would begin...

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Lenin wrote these lines in February 1921 following the end of the Russian revolution. ... This obtained a satisfactory effect for that particular audience, but was never completely successful as the music was composed against a set of conditions, and few works provoked any interest beyond the boundaries of Russia, unlike before the revolution. ... Orff came under fire for this score and was even investigated by an American officer in charge of political screenings, but Orff insists that the score was composed in 1917 and later added to in 1927, before the Nazi government even existed. ... ...

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If we protest against them with every means in our power, then we find ourselves on the path of revolution." ... The fall of the Deutch mark began in 1921, it dropped to 75 to the dollar; the next year it fell to 400 and by the beginning of 1923 to 7,000 for one American dollar. ... The workers of the Ruhr, (which was the industrial heart of Germany) declared a general strike and received financial support from the government in Berlin, which called for a campaign of passive resistance. ... Due to the invasion by the French; the Deutschmark fell to 18,000 mark to one American dolla...

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