Bill Cypher · 5w I don't think it is controversial at all to say that the economic sanctions post WWI caused the Weimar hyperinflation. Of course Hitler's rise to power was heavily fueled by the inflation. The questi... A.A.Ron @A.A.Ron 1774282099 I recently read The Black March. It's the diary of a young german man who joined the SS right before the start of the war. He and average man on the street blamed France.