Years of Unrest

• • By 1919 , thousands of Germans were poor and starving , and an influenza epidemic had killed thousands
• • Many Germans denied they had lost the war and blamed the 'November Criminals' who had agreed to sign the armistice and the TOV
• • Others who were blamed for losing the war included communists and Jews
• • The government was seen as weak and ineffective - the TOV made living conditions worse