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Highly unlikely.... considering the price of gold "only about doubled" from say '33 through the Weimar period.
? The hyperinflation happened in 21-23. Holders of gold had real money which people were very willing to exchange real goods for instead of the weimar currency. It's a classic scenario, much like having USD in Venezuala makes you wealthy.
Correct... if you HAD gold during that period... but how do you get the gold to protect yourself from the hyperinflation? Germans would have had to "cash out" all of their belongings, likely into DM, then buy gold with it. Few would have done that. Those that had gold, likely had a relatively small percentage of their wealth in it, much as many do today. With the currency "deflated to nothingness" gold and other hard assets would still have value. The gold wouldn't have made them rich (other than compared to everyone else who'd been bankrupted)... but the relative value of their wealth would have been preserved to the same extent as the percentage of their wealth they held in gold.
Traditionally it's been physical gold--hold the metal. Note that had problems actually selling the metal at highs and lows: the market makers and coin shops won't part with their gold when it's low, and won't buy when it's high. It's OTC, without NBBO, so they have no obligation to make the market. Also, theft and loss are real issues. A gold ETF might be an option, but there's a massive spread between the LME spot and market price. You'll pay at least a USD200 premium on the metal now. It makes me a little nervous; I wonder if these ETFs are actually buying the metal to cover their funds. There's some voodoo going on here, and I wonder if JPM et alia are pulling strings again. Commodity gold futures, including gold, silver, copper, but also other solid commodities. Beyond that, I'd say a basket of boring, uninteresting essential equities like utilities. In my mind they're one step from gold. Stable, with a steady demand--Peeps will need electricity in the future, right? Perhaps buy an ETF to add a little diversity and hedge some risk out. Out of the fixed income markets, when Inflation hits, the Fed will raise rates, which decreases bond prices, and causes yields to rise. So you could invest with this in mind, like shorting a bond price ETF, going long on a bond yield fund. Diversify across these ideas. Above all, don't hold dollars or any currency--unless you're playing the Forex arbitrage game in an inflationary environment XD. If so, may the force be with you! (My opinion only--I'm not licensed to give advice. Past performance does not guarantee future profits. Buy low, sell high)
Yeah, I think Jews had a tendency to hold their wealth in gold. Hence, when the hyperinflation hit, they were already there. They then had a lot of wealth while most Germans lost everything, leading to resentment and ... well, we all know how the story goes.