ABSTRACT
A good deal of Germany's unemployment was seasonally related. One crucial difference between seasonal and other sources of unemployment is the predictable nature of the former which entailed a foreseeable period of idleness each year. In general terms, weather and natural causes dictated that unemployment peaked at the beginning and end of each calendar year. Lack of synchronization was an essential factor in the health of the German economy since it prevented business activity from coming to a complete halt during the winter months. To the extent that industrial revolutions have been defined in terms of man's harnessing the power of nature to further his economic objectives, the persistence of seasonal unemployment must be considered a shortcoming in the process. In terms of the seasonal movement between town and country, large cities such as Berlin or Breslau tended to attract numerous job-seekers in February, substantially fewer in March and an escalating number as the weather warmed in April.
