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A more pressing influence on Hitler's rise was the catastrophic effects of the 1929 stock market crash in the United States. This economic downturn led to a global Great Depression, striking Germany particularly hard and exacerbating poverty, unemployment, and civil unrest. More than six million Germans found themselves without work, leading to desperate calls for solutions.
During this crisis, the Nazi party capitalized on the discontent, promising economic revival and blaming Jewish bankers for the financial collapse. The targeting of marginalized groups became a common theme in Nazi propaganda, as Hitler framed the crisis as a fight against an internal enemy, thus rallying support among the struggling populace.