# Where did Hitler get his finances from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-hitler-get-his-finances-from/570656 "2011-02-08T16:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-hitler-get-his-finances-from/570656/1 "2011-02-08T16:01:50Z")
There is a common saying that war is good for the economy, I have never understood this. To me its almost an oxymoron. How can it be good for the economy to spend crazy amounts on building bombs, tanks, planes, finance an army etc etc Hitler built the Autobahn, he lowered unemployment.He expanded the army and in other ways built the giant German war machine Germany was in deep depression at the time with crazy inflation rates. How did he finance this? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-hitler-get-his-finances-from/570656/2 "2011-02-08T16:05:01Z")
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-hitler-get-his-finances-from/570656/3 "2011-02-08T22:13:05Z")
The other thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13443173).