Hitler’s Rise to Power

Hitler’s Rise to Power

There is no simple answer to the question of the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Because one cannot assume that his rise to power was only due to his

ability or just share luck as the event at the time made the people

weak and accepted who ever volunteered to rule them. Personally, I

would say neither of the two facts is wrong. They both come hand in

hand because where it not for his ability and weakness of the German

people at the time, Hitler would have never risen to power.

The rise of Adolf Hitler is a startling one as no one ever thought

that he was going to dominate or acquire such power as he did during

his reign. He was very much under-estimated even as a child, he was

said to be a disappointment to his father because he wasn’t

intelligent enough for higher learning. He was rejected by the Vienna

academy because he was declared unfit and unable to bear arms. He was

also rejected by the Vienna school of architecture.

It would not be far from the truth to say that Hitler was not just

ambitious but was also driven by rant and rave due to the

circumstances that surrounded him which made him successful in his

endeavours to lead Germany the way he did. At the age of 13, he lost

his father and by 18, he lost his beloved mother Clara Hitler who died

a painful death in the hands of a Jewish doctor called Eduard Bloch.

He was left with some inherited money from his dad but this didn’t

last long as he started wondering around the streets of Vienna

homeless. He got alms from Jewish philanthropists who at the time were

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...Reich, Hitler attempted suicide and was

rescued by Hindenburg Hindenburg was one person who very much under

estimated Hitler. He offered Hitler the post of vice chancellor but

Hitler refused and demanded to be made Chancellor. So Von Papen and

Hindenburg took a risk. On 30 January 1933 Hindenburg made Hitler

Chancellor. He thought he could control Hitler – how wrong he was.

In the end, Hitler did not TAKE power at all – he was given it. By

1933, there was no one bold enough to oppose Hitler, not even the

constitution

Hitler’s personal quality along with the weakness German people and

events that took place during Hitler’s time made him rise to power.

The most certain event which made assured Hitler’s rise to power was

the Wall Street crash which was not just caused by Germany but by

other countries as well.