Hitler´s Rise to Power in Post World War I Germany

As a talented speaker, self-righteous ruler and vengeance-addicted man of power, Adolf Hitler held great strength in determining and shaping Germany after the time of World War 1. Hitler's ideologies were ones of sole-ruling, of a nation consisting of a pure race similar in characteristics both in the sense of appearance and mindset. It was not with intimidation or physical ability that Hitler captivated his country, but with words as mesmerizing as the character he portrayed.

In the years leading up to World War II, Germany was one of the most powerful countries in the world. Though physically small, the country gained power through a unifying force in 1933: the Nazi Party. It did not long for the Nazis, led by Adolf Hitler, to establish control over all of Germany. Before Hitler, the economy was so bad and the citizens were so unhappy that they were desperate for anyone who would improve their situation. Hitler became the perfect candidate when he promised them tax breaks and new social benefits. Of course, Hitler is now considered to be one of the most evil human beings to ever live, setting up concentration camps that starved, abused, and killed an estimated six million Jews.

The conditions in Germany after WWI had a huge impact of how and especially why Hitler came to power. One of the problems They had to deal with was the economic situation. Germany had to pay excessive amounts of money to other countries in order to fulfill the Treaty of Versailles, which assigned liability for reparations. The wages decreased and many people became unemployed. Other nations like France and Britain put large tariffs on German goods and banks did not lend money to pay for debt. The political situation was also very unstable with more than 12 different parties from three various groups: Communists, Social Democrats and National Socialists. All those issues together made it relatively easy for Hitler to convince people of his strength and and leadership skills.

Germany as a country was hard hit by the effects of the war with the years to follow seeing the country go through both political and economic instability. Hitler grew up in this era when Germany was facing many sanctions imposed by the Allied Forces through the Versailles Treaty. After serving in the First World War I, he resigned his military career to join the German Worker 's Party where he rose through the ranks to be the party leader, and he changed the party 's name to the famously known National sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi). Hitler took this as the right platform to get more power in Germany to oppose the influence of the Allied Forces in Germany. He underwent a lot of power struggles as he tried to mobilize popular support for the Nazi party. It was until 1932 when the party gunned a total of 37% of the votes in the election which was largest share of votes in the election. This meant Hitler was a leader of unimaginable power within the Nazi party and Germany and by 1933, he was the chancellor of Germany. After the death of President Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler became 'Der Fuhrer ' and he assumed the presidential powers including those of the supreme commander of the armed forces. This marked the onset fascism and destruction of democracy in Germany. From the mysterious fire in the German Parliament which gave Hitler an excuse to assume all the powers in Germany.

In modern history ww2 was one of the most significant world wars. Germany believed Hitler to be the saviour of Germany as its country was being driven into the ground by the other powers around the world. Hitler’s background fined tuned his beliefs through him believing that Germany was weakened by its democracy power. The conditions in Germany at the time before Hitler rose to power, a simple loaf of bread cost more than two iPhone 6’s. Necessities cost almost 10 times the amount than we pay for them now. The government was being crippled by the treaty of Versailles which limited there work and were forced to agree to a 33 billion dollar debt. The depression which was a time in which Hitler was winning the people of Germany by using his propaganda and his charismatic personality to do this. He made the German people feel like they were valued and he was down to earth.

Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933, after World War 1 when tensions were high because the Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the destruction the war caused and they were faced with the payment for all the damages, which sent Germany into economic downfall. The Nazi party got a lot of electoral votes that year in the government, and started

Germany was in a state of ruins after World War One, causing long term hatred and bitterness toward the Allies, a few blamed the communists, Jews, and other ethnic groups. Since they were giving money to compensate for what had gone wrong, an economic depression broke out because taxes got raised, which caused many companies and factories to shut down, leading to mass unemployment. Many of the unemployed searched for new jobs and the most promising was joining the NSDAP, or the Nazi party. There is also the weak constitution, causing the government to cripple, which helped Hitler to rise to becoming not only the führer, but also the President. Another factor would be propaganda.

This paper investigates how Adolf Hitler succeeded taking over the power in Germany. The data consisted of two sources. One of the sources was a conversation between Hitler and Franz von Papen and the other was Hitler’s speech about The German Emergency Acts. The analysis was done with a source critical approach based on historical criteria. Rhetorical methods were also used to analyse Hitler’s speech.

Between 1930 and 1933, Germany had been suffering bad conditions after being forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. The Great Depression had also lead Germany further into economic despair and the weakness of the Weimar Republic allowed Hitler and the Nazi party to take control of Germany. Before the Nazi party came into power, Germany was ruled by the Weimar Republic, a democracy led by President Hindenburg. Under this rule, Germans had a lot more freedom and rights in their life. In 1923, after World War I, France had forced Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which stated that they must pay back reparations, give land and take the blame. From a speech by Sir Geddes in 1918 said, “Germany is going to pay….The Germans should hand over

Hitler was an amazing and very unusual speaker and had the ability to convince people that he could bring them out of their extreme unhappiness and pain. The 1920s was a period serious money problems for Germany and they believed anyone who could be that convincing. The German people were confused by the World War I as they could never imagine Germany losing. They badly searched for and tried to get answers for the defeat and Adolf Hitler convinced them that he had the answers. Three methods that helped Hitler rise to power was World War 1, his unforgettable speeches, and his actions as chancellor.

Much has been written on the theories of Adolf Hitler’s ascension into power since the end of World War II. Some is written with fact and some written as a conspiracy theory. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish one from the other with both sides utilizing half-truths. It is safe to say a plethora of events led to his dictator ship of a democratic Germany. In this essay we will examine some of the recorded information we know to make our own determinations of Hitler’s rise to power.

Hitler's contribution to the Nazi's rise to power was provoked by many factors between 1919 to 1933. After the destructive war of WW1 in 1918, the victorious Allied Powers imposed the Treaty of Versailles onto Germany, a treaty proposed to end all wars. Because of this, Germany divested significant territories, loss 10% of its population, and was left with war reparations and a weak, unstable democratic government. The treaty restricted Germany's army to 100,000 men, limited the German navy and prohibited conscription and a German air force. Article 231, or the War Guilt Clause, was possibly the "most humiliating portion of the treaty for defeated Germany. This clause forced the German nation to accept complete responsibility for initiating

First off I am going to talk about Hitler’s service in world war one. While Hitler served in world war one he had some of the best luck nearly every attack he was involved in Hitler would always somehow escape. In one of his first engagements 2500 of the 3000 men in Hitler’s unit where either killed or missing and somehow Hitler managed to escape with no scratches. During his service Hitler served as a dispatch runner bringing message from the command post to the front lines. During one of his message runs on October 7 1916 Hitler was wounded by shell fragmentation and was sent back to Germany to be hospitalized. After recovery Hitler decided to go sightseeing in Germany while he was there he saw that there was a wide-spread anti-war

What I learned about this year was about Hitler's Rise To Power/The Final solution, the Holocaust, World War II, and Anne Frank. All of these things was, becuase of Hitler. They all connect together at the end. These were the one of the mosst pain the world have gotten in. If the U.S got it sooner it might of been better.

Hitler gained enough support for his own party and was elected chancellor in 1933, marking the end of the Weimar Republic. One of the very first acts Hitler imposed when he came to power was to cease all payment of reparations. Unfortunately for the Allies, because going back to war was not an option, there was really no way for them to reinforce the payment of these reparations. Once this was in effect, it was soon realized that Germany did not have to abide by any of the other stipulations placed upon them by the Treaty of Versailles that had angered them so much. With this in mind, Hitler and his Nazi party headed full force in the opposite direction of the former democratic Weimar government. Germany soon remilitarized, and Hitler was on course to leading the most well-known and horrific dictatorial rule in all of history.