Adolf Hitler's Rise To Power

Seen as one of the harshest times, the Economic Depression did not only affect Germany. The Wall Street Crash had an enormous effect on many countries all over the world. As mistaken by economists and leaders, the “mild bump” increased to an overgrowing problem, which ended with disaster. As the value of money decreased, many governments decided to print more money.

Germany’s economy was very susceptible since it was built up on the American loans. The country was also dependable on foreign trades. As the Germans still had to pay the reparations, which were due to the War guilt from World War I, the banks throughout Germany failed, along with many production levels. Almost every German citizen suffered from the Economic Depression. It was not only one or two parts of society which were affected, but mostly every social class. At the time the stock market crashed, Germany was just developing its economy, since Germany lost most of their industry to the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles. The Great Depression in 1929 was a huge contribution for Hitler’s rise to power. As most people lost their jobs and the unemployment increased disastrous, the German inhabitants did no longer believe in the Weimar Republic. Money was not valuable anymore and many Germans suffered from poverty and illness. Hitler always hated the Weimar Republic. As for that, the Economic Depression increased his votes for the Chancellorship enormously. Hitler took this to his advantage. Hitler gained a lot of respect, since he criticized the Weimar Republic publicly and in every speech he held, he spoke out what the German people thought. Hitler and the Nazis promised the inhabitants of Germany jobs and a strong leader if they would vote for the Nazi party with...

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...impact in Hitler’s rise to power. Whether some reasons are long-term causes and others short-term causes there is not only one specific event, which lead to Hitler’s success. Presumably the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor by President Hindenburg and von Papen was a much more prosperous event than the Enabling Law, in 1933. In my eyes, Hitler’s rise to power was contributed towards many smaller, effective events, which then in the end resulted in him becoming President of Germany. As he was President, he was intimidating and terrorizing the people, trying to start a dictatorship in the country. The contribution of all these small incidents is the key to Hitler’s rise to power. None of the reasons explained above, were pivotal as alone-standing acts, but more likely the combination was Hitler’s success and his final goal, to reach presidency, in his rise to power.