Popular mythology in Germany has it that the Weimar hyperinflation of 1922-23 led directly to the rise of Hitler. This is not true.

Heinrich Brüning - When the Reichstag threw out his austerity budget, it was imposed by presidential decree.

Hitler won the 1932 general election with a landslide. 

The rest, as they say, is history.

Frances Coppola 31 August 2014