Support of Hitler due to Unpopularity of the Weimar Governments
After the 1929 Wall StreetCrash, the Weimar Republic was faced with a
series of challenges which they failed to solve, resulting in their
unpopularity. However, Hitler's support grew during the years after
the Crash between 1929 and 1933 when he was ordained Chancellor.
The crash of the American stock market in 1929 resulted in
international economical depression. Germany was hit especially hard
as the American businessmen who had loaned German banks money under
the Dawes plan in 1924 now wanted it back as they were now in debt
themselves.
For the Weimar Government, this caused great problems. It caused
inflation, and the bankruptcy of many businesses who had borrowed
money from the banks and Americans. Consequently, businesses laid off
workers, resulting in huge unemployment which made the Weimar
government extremely unpopular, made worse by Chancellor Brüning
cutting welfare benefits in 1930 to counter the depression. This made
the situation catastrophic for the unemployed, who would do anything
to get back to work. These problems may have been solvable, but the
German industry had also suffered greatly as there were less people
working to produce. This meant there was less money made in tax for
the government to use to improve the situation.
The Treaty of Versailles further decreased the government's
desperately needed funds as the British, French and Belgians were now
even more in want of reparations to help their own struggling
economies - by 1932 worldwide industrial production was 38% less than
in 1929. Accepting the Treaty had meant a huge loss of prid...
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...o gave growing support as the situation worsened as the Nazis
gave them scapegoats, for examples the Jews and communists for the
country's problems - making the Germans feel it is not their country
that is bad, and that by actively following Nazi policies, they could
make Germany great again by ridding it of the scapegoats the Nazis
dictated, including their political rivals.
In conclusion, it was a series of linked factors that gave Hitler
growing support. The Depression sparked off problems, which the Weimar
constitution and Treaty of Versailles prevented the government from
using methods to effectively tackle. Whereas, Hitler used any methods
to appeal to many different groups by promising a strong Germany once
again - something the Weimar government was not doing, and the main
reason for Hitler's growing support.
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into the American people. A major aspect of this plan was the General Allotment. or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 which ended in 1934. The long term effects of the program were not as helpful as many had planned it to. be, and in fact the effects of poverty as a result of this government.
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loans in 1920 would easily be able to pay these off now - leaving them
have to ask why? One of the main reasons was the use of propaganda and
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