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How Did Hitler Use Skyrocketed To Power

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There were many factors that influenced how Hitler deceived the German people and skyrocketed to power. Why would a highly educated and industrious people willingly give up their freedoms to Hitler? Although Hitler was an unstable madman he was able to influence people because he was a persuasive speaker and promised things that people wanted to hear. There were many factors that influenced how Hitler deceived the German people and skyrocketed to power. Hitler was able to seize dictatorial powers in Germany due largely to economic devastation caused by its defeat in World War I, and because of his tremendous ruthlessness and powers of persuasion. Perhaps Hitler's difficult upbringing developed his strong character and his tendency to influence others. Hitler was born in the evening of April 20, 1889, in a little Austrian village called Braunau am Inn (Meier). Young Hitler had an abusive alcoholic father and was the argumentative leader of a bunch of "husky" boys. Hitler's half brother said Hitler angered easily and was spoiled by his mother (Meier). The first and arguably most important event that helped Hitler rise to prominence came to be known …show more content…

America withdrew its foreign loans, which had a bad effect on Germany and other countries (BBC, Hitler's Rise to Power). That caused the number of unemployed people in Germany to rise to 6 million (BBC, Hitler's Rise to Power). Outrage caused by cutting wages and unemployment pay caused workers to turn to communism (BBC, Hitler's Rise to Power). This move by the workers instilled fear in upper class businessmen, which led them to finance Hitler and the Nazis (BBC, Hitler's Rise to Power). Also the middle-class people, who saw the failure of the German democracy, wanted Germany to have a strong new government (BBC, Hitler's Rise to

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