Hitler and His Power

Hitler and His Power

Hitler one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators, he gained

power through positive reasons and negative reasons. He had an appeal

to every type of German, women, the middle-class, young men and the

unemployed. He gave Germans hope, his party-the Nazi party promised to

do something to end the depression. So German people began to listen

to this, in particular they looked at the Nazis. Hitler appealed that

Germany could be great and return to national prosperity (rise again)

if given the opportunity. This opportunity was Hitler.

After his release from prison in December 1924, Hitler rebuilt the

Nazi party and waited for the opportunity to regain national

influence. That opportunity came with the great depression of 1929.

The Nazis were prepared to do anything to claim votes, they were

brutal. They would go to great lengths to get German supporters.

Organizing meeting after meeting, terrorizing political foes with

groups of party thugs, Hitler spread his gospel of racial hatred and

contempt for democracy. Nazi members (SA) would use violence, threaten

people, cause riots and generally get people to vote for them out of

fear. They played an important role. They beat up the opposition,

especially the communists, and smashed up their election meetings.

This made it very difficult for the communists to run a free election

campaign. Which was intended.

Support for the Nazi party was due to the growing belief that it was a

party with a leader who could do something about Germanys problems.

When the great depression struck, many Germans accepted his

explanation of it as a Jewish-Communist plot. He had hatred towards

Jews and thought them responsible for signing the Treaty of

Versailles. He also blamed the communists because he completely hated

the idea of communism. The Nazis linked the two together stating that

most communists were Jews, of course this wasn't true. The Nazis

promised much: a strong Germany, jobs, and national glory, he

attracted millions of voters. The Nazis were prepared to promise

anything to win votes, even if they had no intention of following