Because the government were not good.
Monroe doctrine was the thing that blocked other nations from coming into americas. It was enforced by the british military who were the strongest at time.
Many nations accepted this out of fear of their military.
World War 1 Ends
Germany suffers from hyperinflation
The Weimar Republic is created
The Great depression hits
Hitler comes to power
Death says he hasn't been so overworked since the Black Plague.
"1942, for Death, is one of those years where, more than most times in the full picture of human history, Death has to work just a bit harder."
Source(s): The Book Thief
Answer:
because of the Donor and Warafanau