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An extremely rapid, uncontrolled rise in prices that sharply reduces the purchasing power of money.

Hyperinflation is an extreme, uncontrolled version of this process. Germany already faced financial problems before the Ruhr occupation, but the events of 1923 made them much worse.

Hyperinflation is an extreme, uncontrolled version of this process, in which prices rise so quickly that money rapidly loses its purchasing power.

An extreme, rapid rise in prices that causes money to lose its purchasing power.

Extremely rapid price increases that cause money to lose its value.

Keep the chronology clear: defeat and revolution in 1918, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, and the Ruhr occupation and hyperinflation crisis in 1923.

For hyperinflation, explain both causes and contrasting experiences. People with savings suffered, while some borrowers benefited.

For 1923, connect reparations, occupation, passive resistance and money printing in a causal chain. The occupation and hyperinflation were connected but were not the same event.