Hitler's Rise To Power

especially noted when he earned the First Class Iron Cross, the highest military honor a German

After Germany’s humiliating defeat in World War I, Germans had little faith in their government, and in the early 1930s following the stock market crash in New York, Germany was economically struggling . Millions of people were out of work due to the world wide catastrophe making it an opportune time for Hitler and the Nazis to rise into power. Hitler, who was a powerful and spellbinding speaker, attracted Germans desperate for change. He promised to make Germany a better country and promised the disenchanted, a better life. Nazis appealed especially to the youth, unemployed, and members of the lower to middle class. Hitler’s rise to power seemed instantaneous. Before the economic depression, Nazis were virtually unknown, winning less than 3 percent of the vote to the Reichstag, which was the German Parliament. However, in the 1924 elections, the Nazis won a whopping 33 percent of the votes which was more than any other party. In January of 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the head of German Government . The Germans were convinced that they had found a savior for the Nation. The timing of his rise made it very easy for Hitler to gain power in a democratic government because people were hopeless and wanted a fast solution to the deficit. He promised things like a stronger economy, prosperity, and anything that they desired . He focused on first getting noticed and then grew from there. He didn’t say anything but what the people wanted to hear. Getting the people of Germany to trust him was how he started to gain so much control. Unfortunately, Hitler’s charm and persuasion was not the sole reason why Hitler gained so much power in a democratic

According to Abc.News, Germany had signed the debts to pay 269 million gold marks and around 96,000 tons of gold in Treaty of Versailles during 1919. The debts were unaffordable for Germans since they had also lost a lot of properties during the Great War. Followed along the debts that they had to pay to the Allies, there were the Great Depression. During 1930, the Great Depression occurs. “The total number of German workers involved in the unemployment easily reaches four million”(20,000,000 Unemployed in World," Revolutionary Age). Germans were frustrated with the government. Germans were ravenous and overwhelmed. Under this circumstances, the hopeless Germans started to believe that Hitler was the man who could bring the glory of Germany back. The propaganda poster below has shown that people were tiresome of trusting the government. The German words translated into English was “Our Last Hope— Hitler”. It indicated that Hitler was the last person as a leader they were going to believe. The poster enlarged the name “Hitler” to emphasize his importance, to attract attention, and to encourage people to join the Nazi Party.

The Nazi group had a major impact on the government and influenced the decision for the next Chancellor of Germany. “...Paul von Hindenburg, had appointed Hitler Chancellor. Having won more than 37 percent of the vote in the previous year's legislative elections, Hitler's Nazi party had enough power to effectively paralyze Germany's democratic government, which had been in place since 1919,” Smith says (pg.15). This shows that Hitler's Nazi group was extremely powerful and explains how Hitler arose to power. This quote reveals that Hitler had the most power since 1919, which demonstrates how powerful Hitler will become in the future. “By the early 1930’s, Germany was in desperate shape. Its defeat in World War One and the harsh conditions imposed by the United States, Britain, and France in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles - included debilitating reparation payments to the victors - had left Germany humiliated and impoverished, with ruinous inflation eating away at its economy. The worldwide Depression that followed the 1929 U.S. stock market crash exacerbated the situation as banks

Historian Carr writes "It is inconceivable that Hitler could have come into power had not the Weimar Republic being subject to the unprecedented strain of a world crisis", thus he thinks that the Wall Street Crash was the cause of problems in Weimar leading to the rise of the Nazis. In 1933 the Nazi party took control of Germany, installing Hitler as chancellor. Evidence would suggest that the Wall Street Crash was a major factor in the Nazi's rise to power, however there were other factors such as the fall of the Weimar Republic and the attraction of the Nazi ideal. Historian Conan Fischer says that "The worsening economic situation triggered the slide

One of the main factors in Hitler’s rise to power was the Economic Depression of 1929. After the Wall Street crash, the U.S. called in its loans to Germany thus increasing both poverty and unemployment levels. The Weimar government did not understand how to reverse the situation so the general public became angry and lost confidence in the relatively new democratic system. During a depression, political trends become extremist and so the Nazis flourished; Hitler offered both a scapegoat and himself as a strong leader to look up to. The depression gave Hitler the edge he needed to gain ninety-five[1] seats in the Reichstag and ultimately progress from the leader of a minority party to the Dictator of the Third Reich.

Even though Germany was left in a period of struggle and economic weakness after WW1, Adolf Hitler would take a stand by creating a party that would help refine the structure of the economy. This party, when abbreviated, was called Nazi, would also create harsh laws and unrelentless punishment. Due to the Nazi party’s quick growth, there was an immediate impact on lifestyle and politics for the people of Germany. The long term impact brought forth by the consequences or legacy of the Nazi party included a population decrease and an increase in deaths. To make both of these impacts, Hitler had to overcome many hard challenges.

Hitler rose to power after President Hindenburg's demise yielded him presidency in addition to the Chancellor role he already held. This made him the Fuhrer (Supreme Leader) with complete control of Germany. He took numerous political, social and economical measures to ensure his popularity amongst his people so as to prevent rebellion. He already in fact had some of these measures implemented way before Hindenburg's death in August 1934, when he was just Chancellor. These policies kept him in power until his death in 1945.

1- In 1933 when Hitler and his Nazi party came into power, German was on the tail end of a terrible depression with the rest of the world blaming them for the events of WWI. Things were looking quite bleak for the German people, but then comes Hitler, a man who sees the German people as a special people with a special destiny. Hitler and his Nazi party blamed all of Germany’s problems at the end of WWI on the Allies and weak leadership during Germany’s depression. This gave someone for Germany to blame for their problems and started to being back a sense of national pride. With Hitler in power, there would be no more industrial conflicts, Germany would be rearmed and every German would have a job.

The Great Depression in the United States of America caused a rise in Nazi votes (“Hitler Comes to Power”). Although the Great Depression occurred in the United States, it impacted Germany because of the Dawes Plan in 1924. The Dawes Plan allowed the United States of America to fund the rebuilding of Germany after the war. The United States funded the German rebuilding so Germany could repay France and Britain. Once France and Britain were repaid, they could then repay the United States. When the United States economy plummeted during the Great Depression so did Germany’s because they weren’t receiving money from the United States anymore (Palmoski). As business began failing the Nazis gained power (“Hitler Comes to Power in Germany”). The conditions in which Germany was left after World War I allowed Hitler to seize power. Germany’s economy and infrastructure were damaged and Hitler showed promise to fix it. The Weimar Republic was weak, which gave Hitler a chance to change it (“Hitler Comes to Power”). The Weimar was weakened because of the stock market crash in 1929 (Darby). The Beer Hall Putsch gave Hitler the necessary push to use against the current government. Hitler blamed the government for the economic crisis. He used this to his advantage and introduced dictatorship with this

Adolf Hitler, one of the chancellors’ and rulers’ of Nazi’s was known for many devastating choices and disasters. He did not like the “Treaty of Versailles” act,” he found the Treaty of Versailles degrading, particularly the demilitarization of the Rhineland and the stipulation that Germany accept responsibility for starting the war.”1 Rise to power gave him more confidence, declaring his Nazi as only legal German party. He also ordered Germany’s withdrawal from League of Nations. His enacting of law abolishing office and combining powers gave him power and became head of state, and also the supreme commander of armed forces. He started restrictions and exclusions of Jews in society. He decided to execute all Jews if he rose to power. Stop

With how things had stacked up, it was easy for Hitler to become a new, well-liked leader with his party. Many Germans were defeated and were easily swayed with what Hitler promises to give them. He promised those who were acutely disappointed in their nation a new and better life and a “glorious Germany” “Hitler Comes To Power”. On the 30th of January in 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor that brought an end to the German democracy “Nazi Rule” and from there “many Germans [had] believed that they had found a savior for their nation” “Hitler Comes To Power”. Hitler’s party wasn’t as well known before the depression struck, but the party soon appealed to those who were unemployed, young, and those in the lower-middle-class “Hitler Comes To Power”. In Hitler’s first months of being chancellor, he forced “workers, employees, and employers…into Nazi organizations” “Nazi Rule”. By adding more people and growing his party, Hitler was able to rebuild Germany. He was originally denied many things, due to the Treaty of Versailles. He was limited to only 100,000 men in his army, have six warships max, etc. Hitler ignored the treaty and proceeded to rebuild Germany by having and getting what he needed to reshape Germany in-order to having it become an efficient country. He had factories

Hitler's Rise to Power In 1919 The Weimar Republic encountered harsh economic, social and political problems. After the new Democratic Republic signed the armistice it put Germany not only into an economic crisis, it also caused Ebert’s Republic to get off to an unpopular start. The new government were branded ‘The November Criminals’ even though they weren’t to be blamed, and were left little choice. Some people felt the government should be based on communism, and the Spartacist uprising in 1919 caused major political problems.

When Hitler came to power in 1934 conditions in Germany were poor. The Treaty of Versailles meant that Germany lost territory, money and armaments, and the German people hated it. There was also the Wall Street Crash that caused the Great Depression in 1929. Hitler blamed the Weimar politicians and promised he would unite the country, destroy the Treaty of Versailles, jobs, security, profit, prosperity, protection and that he would crush the hazardous Communists. During Nazi rule between 1933 and 1939, there were many positives such as the repudiation of the treaty of Versailles, improved economy, a fall in unemployment and national pride, but there were also many negatives such as the establishment of a police state, persecution of minorities,

After Germany’s defeat in the First World War. Germany were forced to sign a treaty called the Treaty of Versailles that limited Germany’s power extensively. The treaty stated penalties such as the loss of German soil, a great minimization of Germany’s army and navy and of course Germany was forced to pay for the reparations of the destruction they had caused in the war. This penalty left Germany in a terrible state and caused a depression through out the entire country. Money became worthless due to inflation and millions of German people were un-employed. Many German’s hated the weimar constitution and blamed them for all the problems