Select and explain the most important factors that lead up to Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

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Select and explain the most important factors that lead up to Hitler's rise to power in 1933

Hitler was perhaps the most important figure in modern history.  He led the Axis armies in Europe, he killed millions of Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, and other minority groups that he felt should be exterminated.  Although he was a dictator of Germany he was voted into power in 1933.  It is incredible to think today that a man of such obvious evil should be voted into power.  In 1928 the Nazi party only had 12 seats in the Reichstag; in 1932 the Nazi party had 230 seats.  This is a huge increase over less than 10 years it shows that vast outside factors must have affected Germany to change so many votes.  Several factors here vital to and lead up to the rise to power of Hitler.

After the WWI the treaty of Versailles was signed.  This was a peace treaty of a kind but it is more punishment to Germany for losing war; much land on its west to France and Belgium and lost land on the West to Poland and Lithuania, t also lost its colonies in Africa to France and Britain as well as loss of colonies in the Pacific.  It also limited their army to just 100,000 men and their navy 15,000 men as well as limits on size and number of ships. They were not allowed to own tanks plains or submarines this made the Germans hate the ally nations, many were keen to fight and felt that they had not lost the war reparations also caused economic crises in Germany. Germans hated the points of this treaty, they felt a sense of betrayal, they felt it was not signed with there consent, Hitler proposed to destroy it and people supported him for this. The treaty was extremely harsh on the Germans and ultimately set up all the other points discussed here, witch gave Hitler the platform he needed to get his message across of the 25 points and to make people follow him.

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6600 million pounds of reparation were imposed onto Germany in there situation there was no way they were going to be able to pay. The country fell into hyperinflation but recovered due to a deal that allowed Germany to get loans off America.  Confidence in Germany rose and support for extremist parties fell.  Berlin became the culture hot spot of the world. But on the 29 of October the Wall Street crash happened and American demanded back their loans this coursed a major depression in Germany.  Companies could not pay there worker and many were made redundant times were ...

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