Those Who Watched Their Savings Vanish. Daily life in Weimar Germany before the currency reform

A woman carried a wheelbarrow of cash to buy bread. By the time she reached the baker, the price had doubled. This is not a metaphor. It is what happened in Germany between 1921 and 1924, when the collapse of the mark destroyed the lives of millions who had done nothing wrong. This book reconstructs the lived experience of hyperinflation through diaries, court records, and newspaper accounts. It traces how ordinary people coped with a world where money lost meaning, where contracts became traps, and where the state itself became the thief.
The focus is not on the politicians who made the decisions but on the citizens who bore the consequences. The modern reader will recognize the patterns: rising prices, eroded trust, and the slow death of the middle class.