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The study is about Germany’s economic development during the inter-war period. This time span is not understood as a rigid boundary, because a useful analysis of this period is only possible by involving it in a longer term perspective of economic development throughout the 20th century. Therefore, first, the main aspects of Germany’s economic and social development for the 20th century are described before discussing the specific problems of the Weimar Republic and the National Socialism in a central part of this study. Datatables in the search- and downloadsystem HISTAT (Topic: Growth, Economy, and Crisis = Wachstum, Konjunktur und Krisen) There are 43 tables containing downloadable time series data on the following thematic priorities: (1) Wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Konjunkturen seit dem Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. (= Economic Growth and economic situations since the end of the 19th century) (2) Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Erwerbsstruktur: (= Population development and employment structure:) 2a Bevölkerungsentwicklung, (Population development) 2b Veränderung der Erwerbsstruktur, (Change of employment structure) 2c Veränderung der Sozialstruktur. (Change of social structure) (3) Strukturveränderungen der Wirtschaft: (= Change of economic structure) 3a Landwirtschaft, (agruculture) 3b Tertiärer Bereich, (teriary field) 3c Industrie, (Industry) 3d Außenwirtschaftliche Verflechtung. (integration in the world economy) (4) Wirtschaft und Staat in der Weimarer Republik: (Economy and state in the Weimar Republic) 4a die wirtschaftlichen Probleme 1918 – 1924, (economic problems of the period 1918 to 1924) 4b Soziale Gruppen, Sozialpolitik und Wiederaufbau bis 1928, (social groups, social policy, and rebuilding till 1928) 4c Wirtschaftspolitik in der Weltwirtschaftskrise. (economic policy in the period of the world economy crisis) (5) Die Wirtschaft unter dem Nationalsozialismus. (Economy in the...