Why did Germany vote for a dictator (Hitler) in 1933?

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Why did Germany vote for a dictator (Hitler) in 1933?

There were many reasons why Germany voted for a dictator. Some people voted for a dictator purely for their own benefit, whereas others based it more on Hitler himself. Nonetheless there were still a countless number of other aspects which contributed to the people’s decision to a dictator such as Hitler.

One of the main reasons that Germany wanted Hitler in power was solely for revenge. A large number of people in Germany were angry at America, Britain and France. This was because they thought that the treaty had been unfair on them and that they were forced to accept it. Hitler agreed with this and therefore promised to seek vengeance for all the wrongdoings against Germany that were put forward in the treaty of Versailles. While in prison, Hitler had written a book in which he summarised all of his ideas. One of these was to challenge the treaty and demand that land taken from Germany be returned. As he wanted to cancel the treaty as well as avenge Germany, a lot of people began to believe that Hitler would ‘save them.’

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Middle-class people wanted Hitler as their dictator primarily as he was a fascist dictator. This meant that the middle-class people would benefit more than they would with a communist dictator. Therefore they chose Hitler as it could only go two ways; communist or fascist. Middle-class people preferred a fascist leader because they thought that communism was the worst threat of all for them, and was what had made their country weak. This leads onto the next reason why people wanted a dictator in 1933, which was power and wealth.

After the remnants of the war, Germany was left ...

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