Treaties from across Europe were signed to prevent any future wars from breaking out in 1918. Also in 1919, the Treaty of Versailles. To prevent future war, the Entente wanted these treaties to be concluded in Europe. This was probably due to the war in Europe. In 1919, Adolf Hitler was invited later that year to the German workers' group formed by Anton Drexler. In 1920, the National Socialist German Workers' Party established a party, the German Workers' Party, which amended its manifesto and renamed it. Nazism originated during the National Socialist German Workers' Party. In 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party and made his Semitic views known to everyone. Germany suffered from hyperinflation and made its currency worthless in 1923. People in the cities starved to death. The Germans needed international aid. The United States loaned Germany billions of dollars in gold to launch a new currency. Germans begin to feel powerless and turn to extremist political parties that promise success and a way out of international humiliation. In 1923 he unsuccessfully attempted to seize power in Germany and Bavaria. He knew people would support his party, but he found they were calling the Nazi side "thugs." On April 1, 1924, Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He only served 8 months. Hitler was banned from speaking in public anywhere in the world, but he overturned this ban over the years. The Nazi Party was banned, but Hitler reversed that decision as well. The newspaper they bought in 1920 was banned and they adopted that too. He later realized that this was the only way for him to legitimately gain power. Nazi propaganda spread throughout Germany, but Hitler failed to win the votes. The Reichstag had only 12 seats out of 491 under the Nazi regime in 1928, but suddenly in 1929 the Wall Street Crash plunged the world into a huge economic depression. Great for a member of the Nazi party and their propaganda also went into major overdrive. 1930 German elections The Nazi people's support increased to 107 seats in the Reichstag and it became the second most popular political party in Germany, the Communists were the third most popular after. Hitler had to and wanted to do something against the communists. Two years later, in March 1932, the Nazi Party was the largest political party.