His father died of tuberculosis in 1914, and because of rampant inflation the father's insurance policy was worthless, so no money was forthcoming for the brothers.
Despite the heavy financial losses, municipal council decided only a few years after the rampant inflation in the early 1920s to build a watermain, completing the project in 1931.
Rampant inflation, housing shortages, mass unemployment, food shortages and coal shortages further weakened the economy and stimulated widespread protests.