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TREATY OF VERSAILLES

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on
June 28, 1919, marked the end of World War I.
Since the Germans lost the war, the conditions
of the Treaty were decided by the side that won—
the Allies. The agreement set down very harsh
terms for the German nation. It required Germany
to pay for much of the damage caused by the war,
which left the German people in an economic
depression that lasted for years.

One person who took advantage of this

anger was a man named Adolf Hitler. At one
time a homeless artist selling his work on the

streets of Vienna, Hitler had since become
a politician. After the

Germans surrendered in
World War I, and then signed

the Treaty of Versailles,
Hitler became enraged at

those who, he claimed,
“stabbed Germany in the

back.” He began to form

Adolf Hitler a list of those he felt were

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