The Effect of the Treaty of Versailles on the Nazi MovementThe Versailles Agreement of 1919 ended the bloodiest war the world had ever seen. In this treaty that ended World War I, Germany was forced to provide economic and territorial reparations to the Triple Entente consisting of Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States of America. Several years of total war prevented Germany from paying what was required by the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was the most affected by the demands of this treaty during the interwar period. To answer how the Nazi Party came to govern Germany, one must look at foreign policy in relation to the Treaty of Versailles during the Second Reich. Economically, due to the Versailles Agreement, Germany would be hit by massive inflation and a crippling depression under the Weimar Republic. This caused many people to distrust the newly formed Weimar Republic. Socially, Germans generally blamed the government, as well as the Treaty of Versailles, for the hard times they faced after World War I. This social environment gave rise to the Nazi movement and many other parties that opposed both the treaty and the Weimar Republic. Politically, instability and chaos plagued the Weimar Republic giving rise to many different political parties including the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Thus, the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany was due to economic hardship fostered by the Treaty of Versailles, a fractured political system, and social unrest during the interwar period. The “war to end all wars” ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied powers. It was a peace agreement between the countries of the Allied Powers and ended Germany in... middle of paper... The Republic was marked by failure. The inflation of 1923, caused in part by the Versailles Agreement, moved people away from democracy and towards Nazism. Socially, the Nazi movement had taken root among many conservatives as a way to unify and oppose the treaty. Books and literature written by Nazi leaders such as Hitler himself were propaganda for the movement and allowed the party to consolidate its goals. Politically, the republic was fractured and disorderly, allowing many parties to emerge and fall from grace. The early Nazi movement was based on the popular notion of oppression created by the Treaty of Versailles. Therefore, the Treaty of Versailles fostered a political and social environment for the Nazi Party to grow and eventually take power. It is ironic that this treaty ended the “war to end all wars,” while also inadvertently starting another world conflict..