Why Hitler Came to Power in 1933 and not by 1929

Why Hitler Came to Power in 1933 and not by 1929

In 1929 Germany was in disastrous problems with the depression and the

death of Gustav Stresemann. This would seem the perfect opportunity

for Hitler to seize power, however after the lessons he had learnt

from the Munich putsch he knew that violence was not the answer, so he

had would have to get in by other means; mainly by votes, as Hitler

says in Mein Kampf-"We will keep out noses out of parliament till the

time is right*", also by canvassing for votes, using propaganda and

speech Hitler would try to get into parliament. However Hitler also

knew he would need a bit of help form inside. Four years after 1929 in

January 1933 Hitler became Chancellor and in March he practically had

full dictatorial power.

Propaganda had never been used before in Germany, but Hitler who loved

the British propaganda decided to use it, using propaganda and

Hitler's amazing speaking abilities, alongside many other Nazi

strengths, the German people would certainly turn and look at the

Nazis as a good party to vote for. Hitler described propaganda as "The

art of propaganda consists…in being able to awaken the imagination of

the public through an appeal to their feelings. Its chief function is

to convince the masses; whose slowness of understanding needs to be

given time in order that they may absorb information, and only

constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting the idea on the

memory of the crowd". This clearly shows the importance of propaganda

to Hitler and how he believes it can win him votes; the main point is

the repetition of a single message. The Nazis also had some very

appealing policies in their 25-point programme; probably one of the

most appealing was to scarp the treaty of Versailles; this appealed to

the German people as after all these years people were still very

bitter and were desperate to get rid of it, they were desperate.

Another appealing policy was Hitler's views on other parties,

especially the communists, however he also criticised the Weimar