HIST 1150 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: John Tiltman, 24Hours
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In hamburg, over 200,000 of the 758,000 workers were unemployed, and those who did have jobs were working. 24-hours a week with barely enough income to even pay the rent for the family. Many families were forced to live in sheds without cooking facilities, water or sanitation: meanwhile, in 1929, only 8. 5 of every 100 individuals in berlin were unemployed. Fast forward to 1932, and 44 out of every 100 individuals were unemployed. Furthermore, production of iron and steel had plummeted to 20% of that of 1928 and was continuing to drop. The value of german exports was 275,000,000 less than in 1929, imports were down 50%, and germany"s investments fell from 375,000,000 in 1929 to a negative value. Germany"s national income dropped a whopping 25% in the course of one year. German industries, berlin provided 382,317 votes to the german communist. He also describes a poor, hungry, spiritless man who was once a member of the social democratic party.
