Hitler's Appointment as Chancellor in 1933
A combination of factors led to Hitler being given the position of
Chancellor (the second-highest post of the then current German
government) on the 30th of January 1933. The final, direct reasons for
his selection were political, but Hitler was only able to reach that
point through appealing to the German public. It was not too hard for
Hitler to impress the average German: He was by far the most
promising. His promises were not aimed at being better than the other
parties; instead he told the people he would give them what they
wanted.
For one thing, he promised to create jobs, which was quite attractive
to the Six million unemployed Germans at the time. The Depression had
hit Germany harder than most countries because it was only able to
function economically because of the massive loans from the U.S.A.,
and when Wall Street crashed the U.S. demanded immediate reimbursement
to help get its own economy back on its feet. This was devastating for
the German economy, however. He pledged that he would give jobs to
everyone left jobless by the disaster – a hugely significant
percentage of the voting population, roughly 34% of the work force (a
little more than 9% of the total population). This gave him an edge
over the competition, who were to busy arguing amongst one another to
worry about trivial details[1] such as voter support.
This leads to another important reason why the Nazis were able to gain
support and Hitler’s eventual Chancellorship: the opposing parties
weaknesses. The raising unemployment caused the people to blame the
Weimar parties (the majority at the time) for failing to prevent
Germanys’ economic decline, and supported the Nazis instead[2]. This
was ideal for the Nazis, because it weakened their main rival and
strengthened themselves. Also, Germans citizens’ fear of communism was
increasing (on average). The Nazis’ propaganda chiefs noticed this and
immediately increased advertisement of the Nazi party’s long-standing
public opposition to communism. It worked, and again their popularity
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.
Adolf Hitler, head of the NSDAP, became Chancellor of Germany on the 30th January 1933. Following the 'legal revolution' of the following months and President Hindenburg's death on the 2nd August 1934, Hitler made himself Führer and Reichskanzler. The Nazi revolution was complete and Germany was subject to a dictatorship of the extreme political right.
This investigation will address the research question, to what extent was Germany’s post-World War I economic depression a causal factor in Hitler’s rise to power from 1919 to 1934? With the Treaty of Versailles, the German government was required to pay 132 billion gold marks of war reparations, drastically worsened with the US Wall Street crash. This effectively crippled the German economy and created a desperate people. For this investigation, Hitler’s private life history and pre-military career will not be analyzed. His political rise will be examined from the perspective of economic and social factors. Several primary sources will be explored, including the Hitler’s Mein Kampf and Hitler’s 25-Point Program. In addition, tertiary sources covering Hitler’s non-personal life and rise to power will be studied.
Hitler, but he could see the value of trying to use the Nazis for his
I feel the unprecedented rise of the Nazi party was partially due to the circumstances in Germany after the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Many people in Germany were living in crippling poverty and the strain of the and the country was trying to find stability after World War. Moreover, many people were still angry about the way Germany was treated by the allies in the treaty of Versailles. Hitler and his Nazis seized the opportunity and presented a united and organised front that promised to make Germany a great and powerful nation once more. By blaming Jewish people and other sections of society as for all the country’s problems Hitler united the Germans by giving them someone to blame. This lead to the youth of Germany being caught in the middle of following the Nazi cause or opposing it.
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
In January of 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as chancellor of Germany. At the time Hitler assumed power, the German government was suffering due to the Great Depression caused by World War 1. Hitler, a man who had spent the entirety of his political career denouncing and attempting to destroy the German Republic, was now the leader of said Republic. Hitler was widely supported by his Nazi party. Hitler was very vocal in letting his displeasures be known and his people believed his repeated promises to get rid of the Treaty of Versailles and enlarge the army. All of his promises were made in order to bring back Germany's former glory. However, almost immediately upon becoming the Chancellor of Germany, Hitler began taking legal actions against Germany's Jewish population.
On 30 January 1933, the German president, Paul von Hindenburg, selected Adolf Hitler to be the head of the government. This was very unexpected. Hitler was the leader of an extreme right-wing political party, the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party. Hitler sought to expand Germany with new territories and boundaries. Hitler also focused on rebuilding Germany’s military strength. In many speeches Hitler made, he spoke often about the value of “racial purity” and the dominance of the Aryan master race. The Nazi’s spread their racist beliefs in schools through textbooks, radios, new...
Hitler represented the evil side of any human beings in the world, and he had done many brutal actions towards people. Adolf Hitler was a little-known political leader whose early life had been marked by disappointment. He formed the Nazis party, where they shared the belief that Germany are required to overturn the Treaty of Versailles. During the Depression, many Germans turned to Hitler for security and firm leadership, ”With terrible economic conditions and rapid inflation, support for Hitler's party grew. By 1923, the Nazi's had 56,000 members and many more supporters” (Adolf Hitler Biography). Soon, President Hindenburg announced Hitler the chancellor and he came to power legally. With majority control, Hitler demanded absolute power and turned Germany into a totalitarian state. Hitler waited for the right time to step out and control the people, ”[Hitler] had a charismatic talent that he used for evil to accomplish something beneficial to him” (Maria Langstaff). With such power, Hitler abused it and o...
Adolf Hitler came to power on February 28, 1933 (Rossel). He rose to power using inflammatory speeches and inspiring hope for the defeated Germans. He constructed a system to empower the German people and allow them to thrive in the period after the Great Depression (Noakes). Using keen acumen and decisive moves, he was able to turn Germany into a war machine bent on the creation of an Aryan utopian society, at the cost of all inferior races, especially the Jews ("The Period between 1933 and 1939"). At this time Germany was a defeated country. They had recently had numerous humiliating defeats in WWI, and the Germans no longer had the pride they once had celebrated (Laurita). Augmented by the fact that the Great Depression had ravaged the country and left many in a state of penury and impoverished, the Germans were desperate. As well, Germany was currently a country without any source of stability without a generally supported constitution. When Hitler promised a utopian society filled with hope and where the Germans would be exalted as the superior race, the Germans listened and obeyed his every word (Noakes). Hitler fed on the desperation and hopelessness of these German people to make a society driven by fear; this state of pity allowed Hitler to convince the Germans that he could provide a better future.
Evaluating the View that the Depression Was the Main Reason Why Hitler Was Able to Become Chancellor By 1933
After Germany lost World War I, Germany went into appalling depression due to many of the conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had limited trade and could not export or import any goods. Germany had to pay huge sums of money to their allies as reparations. In 1923, Germany could not afford to pay leading to French and Belgian troops invading Germany, taking their goods and raw materials. From 1918 to 1933 was a time of mass unemployment, low economic growth and high inflation (London Jewish Cultural Center.) By 1932, 33 percent of Germany’s population was unemployed. In 1933, Hitler promised that if he gained power he would rid the nation of unemployment. Hitler banned taxation on cars, he also wanted every family in Germany to own a car. When Hitler rose to power, unemployment went from 6 million to 1 million people unemployed.
“Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January of 1933” and assumed both the powers of president and chancellor in August of 1934. He was a very ruthless and determined leader. Finding fault was a strength of Hitler’s and finding it in Western societies was no different.
How Hitler Became Chancellor in 1933 On 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Hindenburg. This was truly a day of pure luck for Hitler and was merely the end result of a variety of reasons that contributed to his attainment of this title. Historians are able to categorise these reasons into three areas; Nazi Strengths (Hitler's speaking skills, propaganda, violent treatment of the opposition, Nazi policies and the stab in the back theory), Opposition Weaknesses (failure to deal with the depression and failure to co-operate) and finally Other Factors (effects of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany and memories of hyperinflation). In my opinion Nazi policies, the opposition's
In the 1932 election, the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party had successfully won the most votes, and President Paul Von Hindenburg appointed the Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. The Nazi party had become the most powerful political party in Germany. The Nazi’s changed Germany’s political, economic, and social structure once Hitler became chancellor. Despite the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler changed the economy by rearming Germany and creating an air force. Though the Allied Powers condemned Hitler’s decision to break the treaty they did nothing. (Lindsay, James