In January 1933 Adolf Hitler was selected by President Hindenburg to be Chancellor of Germany with the help of the Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen. Although the Hitler and the Nazi Party had made several great promises to the people of Germany, I do not think that the people liking these promises played the most significant role in getting Hitler the Chancellorship.
During the economic stability of the 1920s many people in America made gamble on the stock market as an easy source of income. It was likely to make a large amount of money with little investment in shares and stocks. Prices of these shares and stocks continuously went up and so investors kept them for a small amount of time and then sold them for great profit. On 3rd September
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His voice captivated audiences. Hitler tailored his speeches to each individual audience sometimes emphasising how he could solve the problems of the youth, on other occasions the problems of the farmers. At all times however, he emphasised the problems brought on by the failures of the democratic Weimar government, and that his party could solve these …show more content…
Many of these were lies however some were carried out when the Nazis came to power. In the early 1920s Hitler mad a lot of promises to very powerful people, especially business men, to secure their financial and political support. Hitler’s original promise as leader of the Nazi was to abolish the Treaty Of Versailles and make Germany a great country and a leading power in Europe. These ideas were outlined in his book Mein Kampf, which he wrote while serving a prison sentence for the part that he played in the Munich Putsch of 1923. Hitler fought in the first World War and, like many soldiers on the frontline, was extremely surprised and disappointed when the armistice was announced. He felt betrayed by the ‘November Criminals’ who signed the Treaty. As nearly every German thought the Treaty was ruining their once great country, Hitler knew that he could use this to his advantage. He presented himself as the Hero who could help Germany back onto its feet. Another of Hitler’s earliest promises was to rid Germany of communism. Hitler’s hate for the Communists was second only to that of the Jews. Many influential rich Germans were scared of the communists because of Germany came under Communist rule they would lose everything. These people were eager to back Hitler when he said he would get rid of the Communists. This proved
Hitler had a lot of support from the conservative right who had dominated Germany politically since 1929.
...erman economy was down. This led to migrations to other countries. In his speech, Hitler just wanted to liberate nearly four million Germans, and return to their thousand-year-old Reich. For Hitler to united his Germans he had to remove different national and ethnic groups in Germany. Which clearly broke the treaty.
From the time Hitler and the Nazi’s took control of Germany in 1933 until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945, the aim of the regime under the calculating guidance of Hitler himself sought no less than global conquest. This ambitious objective can be further dissected into short term and long term goals that provide insight into Hitler’s character, thoughts and actions.
The conditions in Germany when Hitler came into power were that the Wiemar Republic was weak, they had a democracy and after president Heindenburg died the democracy was even weaker. There was hardly any money, before the Great Depression began. Aldof Hitler promised a better life for everyone in Germany, and with his persuasive speech managed to get what he wanted, power. The treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the First World War. The Weimar politicians did not seem to have an end to the ongoing crisis so they gave Hitler a spot in politics, his speech soon enough brought him up the hierarchy and lead to his success. The support for the Nazi party was rising every day before the Communists, the Great Depression did much of Hitler’s
The Holocaust began with a single man. A man who was deranged, yet had a passion for art and reading. A killer who was undeniably smart and was able to create brilliant plans. An individual who fought in a war for Germany but was responsible for the mass murder of millions of people who lived within its boundaries. His name was Adolph Hitler.
Hitler's Aims and Actions as the Cause of World War II When considering the reasons for the outbreak of war in 1939 it is easy to place the entire blame on Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy in the late 1930s. One British historian, writing a few years after the end of the war, claimed that ‘the Second World War was Hitler’s personal war, in that he intended it, he prepared for it, he chose the moment for launching it.’ In this assignment it is my intention to show that Hitler’s foreign policy was a major factor in causing the conflict but that other reasons, both long term and short term, need to be recognised as well. Probably the first factor that need considering is the Treaty of Versailles, of 1919.
A.J.P. Taylor believes that Hitler did not plan or desire for a world war to occur. Many historians have judged Hitler’s intentions when preparing his military as deliberate proof of his strategizing for an expansive war. The justification for Hitler's military plans according to Taylor, was that he viewed other countries as a threat to him and the restoration of Germany. As a result, both sides believed the other was preparing aggressively against them. Germany, Britain, and many other countries directed their generals to prepare for war. Taylor uses this to prove that Hitler’s preparation was not peculiar, or specific to only Germany; everyone during that time was preparing for a possible war.
" Hitler had a brilliant mind. He brought Germany out of the post-war depression and created jobs, comraderies, and a better economy, yet he was very evil. He used his power, coercion, and manipulation to convince Germans to commit unthinkable atrocities against millions of innocent people. & nbsp; The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, marked the end of WW1 and the beginning of severe depression in Germany. The treaty mandated disarmament, heavy reparations, a loss of 15% of German territory, which in turn took 7 million of its citizens, 75% of its iron-ore, its entire Navy, and all merchant men (Siegel 3).
As an Austrian born soldier-turned-politician, Hitler was fascinated with the concept of the racial supremacy of the German people. He was also a very bitter, very evil little man. In addition, having lost the war, the humiliated Germans were forced by the Allies to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that officially ended World War I. According to the harsh terms of the treaty, Germany had to hand over many of its richest industrial territories to the victors, and was made to pay reparations to the Allied countries it devastated during the war. Germany lost its pride, prestige, wealth, power, and the status of being one of Europe's greatest nations.
Without the Great Depression or his oratorical skills it is very unlikely that Hitler would have become chancellor. All of the above factors contributed to Hitler's appointment as chancellor and he would not have risen to power had one been absent. The main reason why Hitler became chancellor was that shareholders panicked in a country 4000 miles away. Had the Wall Street Crash been removed, however, it is almost certain Hitler would never have become chancellor.
As early as 1934, Hitler began developing plans to make sure that the German military would be ready for a future war. He wanted to do this so his motherland Germany would expand. He wanted to expand Germany because first of all Germany was becoming overcrowded and also there was Germans living in Poland and Russia. So he wanted to connect all Germans with each other so they can live happier and a better life. By him wanting to do all of this he was very determined to do what he wanted to do at all costs. “Better yet, the United states had agreed to pump millions of dollars into the German economy to get it back on track.”
Hitler was their "last hope". We can see clearly a distinct link between german unemployment figures and a rise in nazi seats in the Reichstag. People turned to Hitler for help due to the depression and the failure of the Weimar republic to cope with the ongoing problems in germany. In my opinion this is the main factor to why Hitler finally came about to doing a political deal.
Another key factor that played a role in Hitlers rise to power was after World War one as the treaty of Versailles took away Germanys colonies and forced them to pay 33billion dollars, to Britain and France. This debt in return completely bankrupted Germany and economically enslaved the people of Germany. Unemployment and inflation at the time was out of control. Ther German currency lost so much value that people were struggling to buy a simple loaf of bread. The reason the great depression helped Hitler was because he promised the people of Germany that he would rebuild Germany to its former self. He promised jobs which mainly came through the army, this in affect helped Hitler realise one of his other promises which was to take Revenge on those who left Germany crippled after the war. This made him and the Nazis wildly popular in Germany during the 1930s. In just a few short years,...
He believed that the Germans were the 'master race'. Going around saying this will make people feel inferior and think the Germans have no authority over them, this caused conflicts. Hitler thought that the Treaty of Versailles should be cancelled and land taken from Germany must be returned. This led to problems as they were demanding land, which not only is against the Treaty's wishes, but will make then a lot stronger when or if future wars do happen. He said that all people of German blood, including many in Austria and Czechoslovakia, must be allowed to live in Greater Germany.
... with other factors, lured many Germans in to believing in the nazi ideals and supporting the Nazi party whilst stirring up a hatred of the current Weimar Republic.