Hitler’s Rise to Power
The rise of Hitler and the Third Reich marked the end of the Weimar Republic. It took Hitler only thirty days to go from an outsider looking in to the supreme leader of Germany. After a series of laws were passed, the enabling act among them, Hitler has virtually unlimited power. Germany then slowly transformed form a democracy to a dictatorship.
Hitler’s meteoric rise to power came to be as a result of several factors all working to Hitler’s benefit. The first factor was Hitler’s ability to procure the role of undisputed leader of the Nazi’s. Luckily for Hitler, by this time the Nazis had pretty much assimilated other like-minded groups, such as the right individual strands of the volkisch. Hitler in his leadership role was able to promote his “agenda” to save Germany. The second factor was Hitler’s ability to use the circumstances of the day to his advantage, one of which was the German depression that began in 1929. Even with Hitler’s ability to win the masses over could not have been achieved without the many external factors, like the ever worsening crisis that the government was experiencing. Hitler’s public appeal became his greatest factor in his rise to power and as such more and more people were swayed by his ideology. Finally, Hitler’s own opposition helped him, insomuch that his political rivals could neither overcome nor counter Hitler’s popularity.
Hitler had to overcome many roadblocks on his way to power, one of which was internal strife within the Nazi party. On several occasions the Nazi party was afflicted by desertion of several high profile members, including Gregor Strasser who was the second most powerful man in the Nazi party before his leaving. The Nazi party itsel...
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...o hard to undermine the ability of the Weimar Government are the same people that put Hitler into power; with the overall goal of letting Hitler have his day in the sun before getting put back into a metaphorical box. In the end it was Hitler who took power away from those that appointed him.
The Weimar Republic eventual demise was a product of circumstance, the Republic was not doomed to failure based on it won merits. It was inside forces like the Nazis as well as other coalitions who worked to destroy it from the interior. Hitler was appointed chancellor by men who underestimated his abilities. Hitler a master manipulator used circumstance and planning to his advantage, and took virtually absolute power over Germany. Hitler was by no means a mythical character, he was just in the right place at the right time, and he was smart enough to recognize that.
The German Weimar Republic was an attempt to make Germany a more democratic state. While this was a very good idea in theory, the Weimar Republic was ineffective due to the instability that came with it. Several factors contributed to the instability of Germany’s Weimar Republic, such as the new political ideals brought forward and the government’s hunger for war. To begin, one of the factors that contributed to the instability of the Weimar republic was the presence of new political ideals. Marie Juchacz unintentionally highlighted that reason in her speech to the National Assembly.
As Ian Kershaw explains, the Weimar Republic was failing: "the survival chances of Weimar democracy might be regarded as fairly poor by the end of 1929, very low by the end of 1930, remote by the middle of 1931 and as good as zero by Spring 1932." In a period of Depression and when unity and firm government was essential, Müller's Grand Coalition broke up in March 1930. Logically, there were several political alternatives other than Hitler and the Nazis.
In Germany during the 1930's, Adolf Hitler rose through the ranks of the Nazi Party, eventually becoming the “fuhrer”, or leader of Germany. As of then, the German people were still embittered by the loss of their national pride from the First World War. The result of the First World War was that Germany
The first major reason that the Weimar republic failed was that it was extremely inefficient and did not have clear goals set within the government. All the different ideas coming from the parties in the republic, created a situation where the people of Germany were getting very unclear, vague messages. This problem can be seen in the struggle between the German Democratic Party and the Communist Party. Troeltsch, a theologian and leader of the German Democratic Party said, “The development will not stop at democracy, and a ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ will assume the form of terrorist domination by a minority” (Doc 1). This statement is only somewhat reliable because Troeltsch was a politician, and he would benefit from over exaggerating what would happen if the opposing party were to gain control.
Hitler was furious with Germany’s surrender in World War I, so when he got back to his home in Munich, he was determined to enter politics and become the greatest leader in German history (Smith). He spent all of his time and effort trying to become the chancellor of Germany. Once he was voted into being chancellor, he needed a way to become the leader of all of Germany. Hitler gathered power through many acts of t...
Hitler was superb at convincing people to believe everything he said. He promised the people a roast in every pot, security, and many more things. By promising the people security that meant that he would keep them all safe and that he can do a better job than anyone else. Adolf Hitler increased in support from bankers and industrialists. So, pretty much he had most of the people who had higher power on his side durning this time period. The the united States stock market crasedd in October 1929 unemployment in Germany quickly rose to over six million. This opened another window for Hitler to get more peoplewho thought that they had nothing and their life was over to side with him. President Hindenburg did not want for Hitler to become the chancellor so instead he appointed Von Pappen but, Adolf Hitler did not agree nor did the Nazi's. hitler eventually did become the chancellor on January 30th, 1933 Hitler then banned all political parties. In 1934 the president died and Adolf Hitler forced his way into power. Now that he was the president he can change anyhting that he wants.
After the First World War Germany recognised her first ever democratic government, the Weimar republic lasted from 1918 – 1933 an astonishingly long time given its turbulent start. The November revolution saw the election of soldier and worker councils similar to that of the Russian revolution in 1917, it spread across Germany like wildfire and in turn split the country before a democracy could even be instated nevertheless on November 9th 1918 the German republic was established. From then on, the Weimar Republic was set on an unstable and insecure path and this is why it is one of Germanys most important historical periods; it was Germanys earliest form of non-imperial government and rule and its collapse in 1933 paved the way for the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party. For these reasons there have been endless works published on the Weimar republic and the outpouring of literature post world war two focuses on the collapse of the Weimar republic and how the Nazi party came to power. However, to understand why the debate surrounding the Golden Era in the Weimar Republic is an interesting one and lacking in historical works, it is key to examine the historiography of the Weimar republic as a whole.
... resulted in a “presidential government”, where the president ended up having nearly ultimate power over the government. With the power out of the parliament and into the presidency, the democratic Weimar republic was seeing the end of its existence. With the fall of Hermann Muller's government in March of 1930, and Hindenburg's subsequent appointing of Heinrich Bruning's as chancellor, the Weimar republic was now heavily focused on presidential power of parliamentary.
Support for the Nazi party was due to the growing belief that it was a
Hitler’s rise to power was very fast in Germany because the people of Germany were very annoyed with the current leader because he lost the war for them and the country was put into massive debt because of it. It is so weird the way that Hitler got into power, he used democaracy to get into the office, but as all fasist leaders do, they wiped out democracy once they are in, so that they re...
Richard Bessel’s article stresses the political structure of Weimar Germany as the cause of its failure. Its structure was flawed in numerous ways, all of which contributed to its inevitable failure. First of all, the problems within Germany due to the First World War were massive. This caused economic, political and social problems which first had to be dealt with by the new Weimar government. The loss of the war had left Germany with huge reparations to pay, and massive destruction to repair. In order to gain the capital needed to finance efforts to rebuild, and repay the Allies, the economy had to be brought back to its prewar levels. This was not an easy task.
One reason that the Weimar Republic failed in Germany was the fact that the people that lived in the Republic were always frightened and scared. They were frightened and scared because this was one tactic used to try to control them. Like stated in Document 2, Article 48 “ ….with the aid of armed forces….Reich President may take the measures necessary for their restoration….”. This shows that
Hitler Coming Into Power Hitler and his Nazi party gained power in 1933 by exploiting many of the weaknesses in Germany, utilising their methods and organisation effectively. Conditions in Germany in 1919-24 played a large part in the emergence of the Nazi's. After WW1, the Versailles Treaty was made, which was a huge blow for Germany as they were crippled with reparations and the 'stab in the back theory'. German soldiers felt the 'November Criminals' who signed the Treaty had betrayed them. Hitler exploited such problems by acting as a saviour.
Hitler’s ability to cause the people to move towards a common goal made him one of the most successful leaders in history by skillfully carrying out policies that would bring his country respect. The great depression in Germany shows this. Although the great depression in Germany was the greatest economic crisis in history, Hitler through his great organization abilities and ability to take advantage of unfavorable conditions in a resolute manner turned this great crisis around within 5 years. Hitler’s creation of a National Labor Service, supervision over Germany’s economy, growth in Germany’s labor market and application of reckless tactics brought Germany that was once on the brink of calamity in 1929 due to the fall in stock prices, rise in unemployment, famine and lack of trade to a more prosperous state at 1935. (Simkin)
German people were unused to a democracy and blamed the government “November criminals”, for signing the Treaty of Versailles. From the very beginning, the new Weimar government faced opposition from both sides of the political spectrum. The Left wing Spartacist group, lead by Liebknecht and Luxemburg, looked up to the new Soviet councils in Russia, wanted to place Germany into a similar system.