The Thin Line of 1920s Germany to the 1930s Germany

Based on dozens of books that I've picked up and read over the past fifty-odd years of German history, WW II, Hitler, and European culture....I've come to a dividing line that separates 1920s Germany from 1930s Germany.

This line runs upon six key observations:

1.  There's no doubt that the loss of WW I was a national period of 'sorrow' and created a wave of nation-wide depression.  Prussia, the Kaiser, and the 'wunderland' had never lost a war, so this came as a shock.  To be truthful, the 1920s was more of a national 'rehab' period where a lot of war vets were recovering from loss and the public sentiment that came later.

2.  Adolph Hitler, with the Nazi platform, and the 'blame-chatter' was a key recovery period for Germany.  Toward the late 1920, and going full-blast into the 1930s, the speeches were mesmerizing....bluffing the public into a state of euphoria and optimism.  Maybe it was all fake, but it was good fake, and something that they hadn't seen since 1914.

3.  Radio officially arrived in the fall of 1923 in Germany.  Rarely do historians talk over the introduction period, but it's readily apparent by the early 1930s....most middle-class families had a radio, and brought a national trend into living rooms around the country....no matter where you lived in Germany.

4.  The circus-like atmosphere of the Weimar Republic in this 1919 to 1930 period probably didn't help much.  So much time was spent on the newest hot topic, public scandal, or threat to public stability.....that the public never had a chance to feel trust that the Republic would come to a period of safety and security.

5.  Part of the euphoria goes to increased consumer use among Germans of legal/illegal drugs.  Maybe not a national problem in the 1920s....but as you get to the late 1930s, it's now a public option, and people feel endowed, and 'happy' (fake happy but it's a dopey feeling).

6.  Finally, lets be honest and state the obvious....the economy fell to an awful low state in 1919, and everyone felt in the 1930s that they'd gone to the other opposite side of the spectrum.  Those who were in their forties and fifties had seen periods of time, and had a great appreciation of the late 1930s.