The country went through multiple phases from the end of the first World War up until the second. From 1918-1922-3 the country was suffering immeasurably. The Treaty of Versailles put massive economic sanctions and reparations on Germany, including the loss of ~25,000 square miles of territory. Many of these areas were key industrial areas with rich natural resources. From 1923-30 the country was beginning to stabilize, this is part of the reason Hitler attempted a coup d'etat in 1923. He knew the country was recovering and his radicalism would be ignored in a strong economy. The 1929 stock market crash hurt Germany as much as it did the U.S. (arguably). Inflation rose, and this is when Hitler seized power. From 33-39 which I'm sure you're most interested in, Hitler turned the entire country around, partly due to his legislature and partly due to natural recovery from the stock market crash. The Third Reich put the country to work with a multitude of public work/architectural projects (autobahn as an example) as well as rearmament of the military. The government even subsidized vacations for the working class. So in a sense, compared to what the German people had been through, life in Germany was better with Hitler in power.