So how did all of this promote Hitler into becoming the Chancellor of Germany?
First of all, Hitler had very strong views on the treaty. Even though he was Austrian, he loved Germany more than anything. Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles and he often referred to the people who signed it as "November criminals" because the war had ended in November. He stirred up the German people by reminding them of parts of the treaty that they would not like and he promised that if he was elected he would refuse to abide by many terms in the treaty, such as the reparations, military restrictions, and the land which was "stolen" away from Germany. This increased the support for the Nazis and Hitler by a large amount. (See source B)
During 1921 to 1923, the Nazi party grew as quite a lot of Germans agreed with Hitler's beliefs. Next on Hitler's list were the reparations that Germany were paying. This was causing massive economic problems in Germany. Unemployment was soaring, and money began to lose its value. Hitler promised that if he was elected he would get rid of unemployment in Germany. He said that Germany had to stop handing over money to enemy nations. By doing this he was breaking the treaty yet again. This improved Hitler’s support even more. We know this because: Karl Ludecke described to us a Berlin street “The Nazi party flag was everywhere, huge posters and Nazi slogans screamed from windows and shops.” This proves just how important the impact of Hitler on the treaty of Versailles, was to gain support. This may be a very important reason on why Hitler became Chancellor, but this one reason inter-links with others for example, the treaty forced Germany to pay reparations, but they could not afford 6.6 Billion pounds, so they set up a plan called the Dawes plan (see source C)
This plan was very effective until, The wall street crash in America. This was where America lost a lot of money, and This caused a great Economic depression in America, so America demanded there money from Germany. This lead to Hyperinflation in Germany which caused money to be made worthless. This then lead to Unemployment, Hitler was aware of these problems, so he took notes and watched very carefully. He then decided to butt in with his Nazi party, he then offered jobs to the unemployed which made him extremely popular. The public had realized that Hitler was an answer to all there problems. This helped Hitler rise to power because he was becoming more and more popular. Also when the public looked for someone to blame for all this suffering, their searches finished with the Weimar republic as there culprits. They realized that the Weimar republic signed the treaty of Versailles and that’s what caused the whole mess. This helped Hitler rise to power because the Weimar republic, were his enemies In the run for chancellor so with there loss of support, Chancellor of Germany was there for the taking.
In this essay I have based my answer on one reason why Hitler was able to come to power, and I proved that there are a large amount of reasons why he was able to become chancellor by inter-linking the answer, I have shown how Hitler came to power and that the main reason was the treaty of Versailles.
BY STUART DIXON
