Using some of the cause in the lust and explain how both long term and short term causes contributed to Hitler’s rise to power

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Using some of the cause in the lust and explain how both long term and short term causes contributed to Hitler’s rise to power

The long-term causes of Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 were The Treaty Of Versailles, The economic depression and his oratory, personality and leadership skills. The short-term causes were the decision by Von Papen and Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor in 1933 and the enabling law in 1933.A short-term cause would be something that would have an immediate impact on him. So a long-term cause would be something that would have a quick impact on him, but it would have an effect of a long period of time.

The long-term cause of Hitler rising to power was the Treaty of Versailles. It had a big effect of the nation of Germany. It had affected them when they were first hit with the reparations bill of 6.6bn and the loss of all overseas colonies and land from their own nation. Also they were partially de-militarized. This had affected Germany throughout the 1920’s all the way through to 1933. It had affected them because the land that they lost in the Versailles treaty had all their industry in it so that therefore meant that they were unable to pay the reparations bill. Them being de-militarized had affected them because they could not go to war to regain their land or colonies because the people of Germany were not conscripted, they were just volunteers.

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What interlined the effect of Germany in the 1920s was the economic depression of 1929. This hit Germany hard and it gave Hitler something to direct his oratory towards; it gave him something to counter attack, by offering things such as jobs to people and food for the starving and unemployed. He directed his oratory towards telling people what they wanted to hear.

If the economic depression had not have hit then Hitler could have been quite possibly faded out because of only have to be able to talk about the hatred of the Versailles treaty. This is ...

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