School children eating a meal in 1921.

Women waiting in line for meat in 1923.

Men’s homeless shelter(Date unknown)

Money was worth so little that many Germans used it in fires

German children build a pyramid with stacks of inflated currency, virtually worthless in 1923.

Unemployed soup kitchen circa 1930

During the hyperinflation of the early 1920s, German Deutschmarks lost so much of their value that, as shown here, they were used as waste paper, insulation and

fuel for heating. Middle-class people saw their savings wiped out.

Unemployed woman living in Weimar Germany advertises her skills.

Translation:

"Hello! I'm looking for work. I can do shorthand and typing, can speak French and

English, will accept any type of household job and can do anything that demands

an attentive mind."