Choose any one reason from the list and explain how it contributed to Hitler's rise to power. Hitler's oratory, personality and leadership.

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  1. Choose any one reason from the list and explain how it contributed to Hitler’s rise to power.

  • Hitler’s oratory, personality and leadership.

Hitler’s character was very strong and very charismatic, he looked very confident of himself and by the way he spoke the people (his oratory) made people believe him and change their mind. With any doubt he was an expert in propaganda and he knew exactly how to act to look as a strong leader.

Hitler knew that the propaganda was the key to his rise in power and he emphasized extremely this point. He had Dr. Goebells (an outstanding propagandistic) in charge of the Ministry of Propaganda. His belief was; “Propaganda must not investigate the truth objectively but must present only that aspect of truth which is favourable to the party” and he would do anything to have the best image of him (and his party) that he could build. He took his own image so strongly that he would be photographed kissing babies to show his kindness, been at the front-page of newspapers constantly and he would censurate by the Ministry of Propaganda those photographs that he thought were prejudicial to its own image, such wearing glasses, which from his point of view showed weakness. He would always been shown standing up straight and looking confident and strong to make look him as strong leader.

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His strongest and deep beliefs, without doubt helped him to express his extreme ideas very clearly, such that he hated Jews and that Aryans were the master race as thought in the antique Viking religion. As he said once “I hate the agglomeration of races in the imperial city”.

 He had natural talent and charisma, when he discovered his skills he perfectly knew that he would work in politics. He even, learned how to improve his brilliant oratory skills in speeches; in addition, during a period of time in Berlin, a dramatic art teacher gave him lessons to talk in ...

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