Why Was Hitler So Popular In Germany

The Promise Of Employment and Causes of Hitler's Popularity

Adolf Hitler was a manipulative and purely evil dictator who killed and hurt many innocent people in Germany, and eventually all over Europe.

But how did a man like this ever become so popular? How could a man like this sweep his country into something like this?

In January of 1933 Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi party were becoming more and more popular. But how was this happening? I think the main cause of Hitler's popularity and growing votes was because Germany was in such a bad state of depression, and so many people were unemployed. All the political parties, including the Communists, (who Hitler later got rid

And plus, when Hitler was made Chancellor unemployment went down. This, in my opinion, is mainly why Hitler was so popular. As unemployment rose, (at one point 17 million people were relying on dole money,) so did Nazi votes in election.

However, if every political party were making these great promises, (which the Germans probably had their doubts about but were so desperate,) then why did so many people favour Hitler and his Nazi's? Although I strongly believe unemployment was the main nationalist factor for Hitler's population, I think there is a lot more that helped him gain popularity than meets the eye.

For example, The Nazi party was appealing. They had smart, convincing uniforms and propaganda. The party symbol was made of vibrant colours and posters/slogans made them look very powerful. People of Germany also read Hitler's book he wrote in prison and were soon swept away with his nazi ideas. Hitler had something that appealed to everyone, and therefore, if someone disliked a little bit of his vision, (Eg) racism, they would ignore it… they brushed off the bits they

He made the people seriously believe that it was all the Jewish people's fault for the state Germany was in at present and then because the people had found somebody to blame they forgot the humiliation Germany was feeling and could almost say 'It's not our fault it's the way it is, it's all the Jew's fault!' Which is actually not true at all. By making a blame, Hitler could channel all hate away from him.

Germany wanted a stop to all the humiliation and release from the on-living embarrassment of 'being stabbed in the back.' They, at the point of Hitler introducing his party, were still fuming inside about the whole Treaty of Versailles situation. Some of the German population thought that if Hitler was going to be this strong dictator who would 'create a greater Germany,' they would have their chance to show the rest of the world that Germany was actually still going strong. Again, we go back to this idea of Germany looking for a leadership to pull them through and make them shine as a nation, some felt the democracy was making Germany weaker as a country, and maybe they just wanted to try out a new concept to make Germany a