Nazi Germany : Hitler And The Power Of Germany

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

Around the time, he was trying to gain support for the Nazi party the mood of Germany was not too particularly great. The depression's effects had hit Germany and its people hard with millions of people losing their jobs. Still fresh in the German people’s minds was the humiliating loss of WWI. Also, people did not like the Weimar Republic government because it agreed to the terms of The Treaty of Versailles. Due to this, the German people lacked confidence in the Weimar Republic. These conditions provided the chance for the rise of a new leader, Adolf Hitler, and his party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or the Nazi party. Due to Hitler’s extravagant speeches, he was able to attract many followers to the Nazi party. In the article, it states “Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change”, but this quote doesn’t even show how impactful the speeches really were. The article later states that “The party's rise to power was rapid... the Nazis were practically unknown, winning only 3 percent of the vote to the Reichstag (German parliament) in elections in 1924. In the 1932 elections, the Nazis won 33 percent of the votes, more than any other

During the 1930’s Germany was at an all time low as the worldwide economic depression hit Germany hard. The confidence in Germany from the people was lacking due to the fresh memory of their defeat in World War I. This caused great need of a new leader, someone who could give the people change, and Adolf Hitler knew he could do just that. His rapid rise to power began when he started to promise things that intrigued the German people. He promised the hopeless and needy a better life, and promised opportunities that were exactly what the people needed. This caught the attention of so many young unemployed and middle class people. His party, known as the Nazi Party, won 33 percent of the votes in the 1932 elections. And by January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, which was the head of the German government. Germany started to feel like they might've found the leader they'd been so desperate for.

Hitler’s rise to power was the result of many factors, but Hitler’s ability to take advantage of Germany’s poor leadership and economical and political conditions was the most significant factor. His ability to manipulate the media and the German public whilst taking advantage of Germany’s poor leadership resulted in both the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler and the nazi party. During the early 1920s, Germany was struggling with economic instability and political uncertainty. Germany, after being defeated in the Great War, was forced to sign the unforgiving treaty of Versailles, which the Weimar Republic was held responsible for. This brought forward feelings of fear, anger and

Before the Great Depression, the Nazis gained 12 seats and 2.6% of the vote in the May election of 1928. Despite this, by July 1932, Hitler gained 230 seats and 37.3% of the vote in the Reichstag. This is a dramatic increase in popularity and support with much of this success due to the Great Depression. In October 1929, the American stock market crashed, plummeting the US into a disastrous economic depression known as the Wall Street Crash. US banks recalled their loans in order to pay off their debts, but German companies were unable to pay. German business began to close and millions lost their jobs, as Germany was so dependant on US loans in order to pay their reparations. The reality of the situation made a mockery of the weak, short-lived coalition governments in the Weimar constitution as it highlighted that Germany economic recovery was dependant on US loans and hence Germany was not independent. This enabled the extremist parties to claim they knew exactly how to solve this crisis and Hitler promised the public an authoritarian government in which he could achieve Autarky as well as jobs for the thirteen million people now unemployed. This aspect of unemployment gained Hitler

From 1928 to 1932, the Nazi Party went from 12 seats in the Reichstag to 230. This was due to a number of factors including the Wall Street crash and the depression that followed, the weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution and Hitler’s public speaking skills. The actions of President Hindenburg and the crippling nature of Article 48 were certainly important factors in assisting Hitler and his rise to power but perhaps not the most important.

Economically, Mussolini and Hitler had the same goals, for their countries to be self-sufficient, and to eliminate the unemployment. These two dictators used their country’s failing

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.

The NAZI party came to meaningful power in 1933 after the Great Depression which many Germans believed was linked to their humiliating defeat in WWI. Hitler used that belief to gain support by offering jobs to the desperate German working class most of whom were unemployed. The jobs he offered were in the military, jobs that were forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. By doing this Hitler helped restore Germany to an economically sound state which

Germany's antagonism from the loss of WW1 caused the rise of Hitler and hatred of the Jewish people. Germans after the loss of WW1, were angry and looking for someone as a scapegoat which lead to the hatred of the jews. Secondly, they were angry about their accumulated debt from WW1. After the loss of the war Germany wanted to recover their patriotism and develop a purified master race. Lastly the jewish group had a prior history of conflict between them which assisted in creating the blame and hate directed towards Jewish people. This is why the loss of WW1 created anger and a chain of events to lead to the scapegoating of Jewish people along with the rise of hitler and the holocaust.

In 1930, because of the Nazi Party’s good fortunes and careful planning, their votes increased from 12 seats to 107 seats. One of the factors that helped them captured more votes was because they mainly targeted on people who were affected worst on the Great Depression like the farmers and small businessmen. He promised to cut taxes, protection on food prices for the farmers, and making policy of making trade unions powerless and stopped communisms to the small businessmen. It appealed them. Many male Germans also supported Hitler because of the military appearance. Female German also supported him because he made them feel very important as he wanted them to bear lots of Aryan children to serve the country. Hitler also made a point to declare through his speech that he detests the Jews, and naturally, those Germans who are mostly Protestants, too, blamed the Jews. In brief, Hitler appealed to a wide range of people in voting for him.

After the loss of World War 1, Germany was crippled and severely punished. During the 1920’s, Adolf Hitler (WW1 veteran) started spouting about these bizarre ideas. Germany was desperate; he seemed like their only hope to get out of this mess. People took to Hitler because Hitler assured them he would get them out of debt, which he successfully did. The Nazi party was then formed and gained a mass amount of popularity amongst the German population. The Nazi party at first received only 3% of the vote at the Reichstag in 1924, and in the 1932 elections; Hitler received 33%, more than anyone else and was the new Chancellor of Germany. The German people were cheerful; they believed Hitler their savior (“Hitler Comes to Power. Ushmm.org”).

The process of change in political systems in Germany throughout 1890-1990 stirs up many debates within historians. Supporters of the early Kaiserreich system suffered as each new regime followed; from the National Socialists policies to the denazification programme following the Second World War. The rise of Hitler and the Third Reich can be see as a key turning points as they had absolute power over the individual and responsibility was inferior to the state. The FRG and the GDR had both different political aims; however their efforts to remake political cultures shared similarities. Although the Second World War plays a large part in the formation of political systems in Germany, the divide between East and West Germany can be seen as

The rise of the notoriously known Nazi Party was caused by Germany suffering defeat in World War 1 in 1918, which left Germany politically unstable and economically depressed (Nazi Party). In 1919, Germany had been forced to sign The Treaty of Versailles by the victorious allies of WW1, which in turn caused more damage to the country’s economy. Germany was already almost bankrupt due to four long years of war and under The Treaty of Versailles Germany’s government was forced to make reparation payments to Britain and France for the damages and costs of the war. The treaty also restricted the size of the country’s army and navy and also stripped Germany of its colonies overseas and some of its border territories. The German people were suffering and felt humiliated by their defeat in the war and in because of this they were searching for someone or in this case, some race, to put the blame on (Maurice Isserman 2). Adolf Hitler, a WWI army vet, gave the German people exactly what they wanted when he joined the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, in 1919 (Nazi Party). The man that

By definition fascism is a form of government that is ruled by one person as a dictator often times a violent and aggressive one . Fascists dictators are against democratic governments where the people are free and rule . Examples of famous fascist leaders would Benito Mussolini ruler of Italy from nineteen twenty-two to nineteen forty-three and possibly one of if not the most infamous dictators in all of history , Adolf Hitler the violent dictator of Nazi Germany from nineteen thirty-four to nineteen thirty- five . These two men exemplify everything that fascism stands for , ruling with fear , aggression , and zero freedom for the people . I would argue that fascism is both an ideology and a method , but at different times in the rise to power . In the clime and rise , to power fascism is a method used to gain people's attention and gain their trust and ultimately their vote . While in power fascism becomes an ideology in the way that policies and ideas are used to keep people in line , make sure they know the person that they should be following is them and keep their trust as strong as ever . An example of a dictator using fascism as a method to gain support and votes of the people is to simply tell them what they want to hear . If the country's economy is bad at the time a fascist politician running for power would say how they are going to fix it and revamp it so that it never happens again . Often times they just say things for the attention and votes fully knowing