Using some of the causes in the list explain how it contributed to Hitler's rise to power.

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  1. Using some of the causes in the list explain how it contributed to Hitler’s rise to power.

As we know, not only one cause helped Hitler to raise power, but a combination of many. Some of them long-term; The Treaty of Versailles, Munich Putsch (1923), Hitler’s character and others short-term causes; The Enabling Law (1933), The decision by Papen and Hindenburg to appoint him as Chancellor in 1933, but others are a combination of both such the economic depression. The causes which rose to power Hitler are linked in a complex web, some causes are the consequence of other, and others interact with each other leading to another cause. In some way, the combinations of all of them as a whole made contributed to Hitler becoming the Third Reich.

The Treaty of Versailles, was the first cause to happen, it was a long-term cause. This treaty signified a loss of 10% in their land. The German army was reduced to 100,000 men and Germany had to pay reparations of £6,600 million.. The fact that the anger didn’t burst at the moment meant that even though the Treaty of Versailles made people very angry, the major part of it kept inside of the people, waiting to be lilted up. Hitler took advantage of it blaming the government. The hyperinflation was caused by this treaty when Germany refused to pay the reparations trough a passive resistance in the Ruhr so that France couldn’t benefit from it, it made the situation worse, people needed to be paid and so Germany started to print more money – a fatal error- though it made the prices rose drastically, making money completely worthless, again, Hitler blamed the government of weak for this.

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Hitler, felt deeply indignant with the signing of the treaty, he felt deeply betrayed by the political leaders which he described as a “Stabbed in the back”. From that moment Hitler felt that a strong government was needed, anger and revenge increased and that gave him strength and hope to change the government which he finally did.

This caused a couple of years later, Hitler with the Nazi rose up against the government; this was called as the Munich Putsch. They failed to gain control but this wasn’t the end of the party, but the opposite. This long-term cause made ...

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