That is a myth -- propaganda -- fostered by the Nazis themselves, but in fact Germany prospered during the 1920s and Nazis got only 3% of the vote in 1924 and 1928.
In 1929 the Great Depression hit and Nazi vote rose to 18% in September 1930, then 30%, 37% & back to 33% in three 1932 elections.
Finally in January 1933, just as Nazi popularity began to fade, President Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor, the Reichstag fire gave him unlimited power, and in Germany's last relatively free election, March 1933, Nazis received 44% of German votes.
Point is, the Great Depression drove Hitler's rise to power, not Versailles, and even then, Nazis never received a majority of German votes.
And the truth of Versailles is that its terms were not so harsh as has been said -- less harsh than terms Germany itself imposed on, for examples, defeated Belgium and Russia.
Rather, the lesson of history is that, in times of economic downturn, voters often turn to unscrupulous charismatic leaders who promise to end their problems with radical actions.
Of course, nothing like that has ever happened here, ahem, right? Right?
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Such as with most things, probably to varying degrees.
Not a bad summary.
You had me going there for a moment.