Factors that Played the Most Important Role in Bringing the Nazi Party to Power in Germany
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party are a major part of recent history. In
the beginning of 1918, a party called the ‘Freier Ausschuss für einen
deutschen Arbeiterfrieden’ (Free Committee for a German Workers'
Peace) was created in Bremen. Two members of this party, a toolmaker,
Anton Drexler, and a journalist, Karl Harrer decided to branch away
from this party and in 1919 they changed their party’s name to the ‘Deutsche
Arbeiterpartei’ (German Workers' Party, abbreviated DAP - which would
eventually become the Nazi party). Adolf Hitler became the, soon to be
Nazi Party, chairman on July 29, 1921, and at once began a program
where the Nazi Party became a radical and revolutionary organization.
The Nazi party soon went on to lead Germany and made a memorable
attempt to take over the world.
There are always factors which help bring political parties to power
and in the Nazi party’s case I believe the first major factor which
helped bring the Nazi’s to power came in the form of Germany’s loss of
the First World War. After Germany surrendered in 1919 the German
nation became depressed because they knew that they would face
consequences, and on the 28 of June 1919 this depression increased
when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. The treaty was seen by many,
including David Lloyd George, as harsh and the country of Germany was
devastated by the terms of the treaty which allowed them no military
forces and insisted they pay
£6,600,000,000 which shattered the country financially, as they could
not pay this dept. There where many other factors that added to the
country’s problems, however I deem these two to be the main terms that
ruined the country’s pride and economy. The country, after these
events had lost confidence in their government after they had given in
so easily to signing the Treaty of Versailles. The members of the
Government who were involved in signing the treaty were nicknamed the