The Reasons Hitler Became Chancellor After over ten years of trying, in 1933 Hitler and the Nazis had almost fulfilled their goal to hold all power in Germany. The Nazis were by far the most powerful party in the Reichstag holding the most seats, and Hitler being made Chancellor, but it wasn't that simple, in fact it was very complicated. There were several big contributors to Hitler becoming Chancellor. The Great Depression, one the worst times for Germany, and
of the minority, “indifference of the majority was all that was needed to carry out many plans.” Citizens of the Weimar Republic were not initially ready to allow a dictatorship that would produce the horrors of Hitler’s regime; instead, Paul von Hindenburg, the Catholic Center Party, and ultimately, the once progressive German public all overlooked the atrocities of the Nazi Party due to the deceptions of Adolf Hitler, the creation of common enemies, and the systematic pacification of the German people
World War I led to the deaths of over 70 million people in Europe, and destroyed the already weak infrastructure left from the imperialist age of the 19th century. During this time of rebuilding, Germany turned to people they believed would help them rebuild. The people who would rebuild would also destroy the freedoms of the German people through their aggressive takeover. This takeover by the German National Socialist Party, dubbed the Nazi Party by Bavarians, was defined for the brutality and
The Weimar Republic failed as a result of many significant and underlying factors. The problems included politics, economics, and the popularity of the Nazis along with the effect of the Great Depression. However, besides all these faults that appeared after the establishment of Germany’s first Democracy, Weimar was handicapped from the beginning due to the effects of the First World War. Alongside the repercussions of the war, the Treaty of Versailles further lowered the chance of success for the
In 1914, General Erich Ludendorff, Germany’s key commander in World War I, along with General Paul von Hindenburg, strategically placed the German Army in a series of three 25-mile trenches in central France. This new position gave the German’s a false sense of security, which led them to believe that they would win World War I. At first, the onslaught and brute force of the offensive proved itself well. The Kaiserschlacht, or Emperor’s Battle, quickly turned around due to lack of supplies and
the Reichstag building burned down and a retarded Dutch boy claiming he worked for the communists was arrested for arson. There is evidence to prove that the Nazis themselves had set the fire, but in any case, Hitler used the incident to persuade Hindenburg to restrict all individual rights and declare that the central government could oust any state government failing to maintain order. Hitler systematically took control of all of the state governments this way. Hitler 's private army, the S.A., roamed
HITLER BECOMES LEADER OF THE NAZI PARTY On July 29th, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the NAZI party. In early 1921 the aspiring leader had become good at giving speeches in front of large crowds. In February earlier that year, in Munich, Hitler spoke in front of around six thousand people. At this point Hitler was starting to get noticed outside of the NAZI party for his extreme views and powerful speeches. Slowly the many extreme right wing in Munich started looking toward the rising
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power as Chancellor of Germany and leader of the German people is often portrayed as the result of a sweeping electoral victory. In reality Hitler’s rise was incremental, requiring (a patchwork of political support from) an assimilation of support from various demographics as well as influential political figures. An area of perpetual historiographical debate is, specifically, which demographic was more essential to Hitler’s rise - one school of thought maintains the significance
popularity placed pressure on government and on President Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor. Their astonishing rise in votes since 810 000 in 1928 to 13.75 million in July 1932 was extraordinary.
[120] The elections of September 1930 resulted in the break-up of a grand coalition and its replacement with a minority cabinet. Its leader, chancellor Heinrich Brüning of the Centre Party, governed through emergency decrees from President Paul von Hindenburg. Governance by decree would become the new norm and paved the way for authoritarian forms of government.[121] The NSDAP rose from obscurity to win 18.3 per cent of the vote and 107 parliamentary seats in the 1930 election, becoming the second-largest