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How did the humiliating Treaty of Versailles lead to the rise of dictatorship in Germany?

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Germany was compelled to sign the Treaty of Versailles which imposed harsh terms upon her. She had to pay a huge war-indemnity. Germany lost its overseas colonies, one-tenth of its population, 13 per cent of its territories, 75 per cent of its iron and 26 per cent of coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania. Germany was forced to pay compensation amounting to 6 billion. Many Germans held the new Weimar Republic responsible for disgrace at Versailles. This created the feeling of dissatisfaction among the people of Germany. The Republic was regarded as a symbol of national disgrace. Germany wanted to establish her old prestige. When Hitler assured the Germans about the restoring their old prestige, they became his followers.

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