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 in a terrible state, depression. As the French had taken over many of the German's coal and iron fields to help pay for reparations, unemployment was sweeping the nation. This problem carried on creating problems for people and the country year after year. This was mostly because of collapse of Germany’s economy and trade, making the money that those fortunate enough to earn, worthless. People began to feel that there was hope in the form of Hitler. This was because of ‘new ideas, a new understanding, and new tasks,’ Hitler was able to persuade people that ‘Germany could move towards economic recovery.’ Its economy war-torn and in the worst recession ever, Germany not much choice if they were to redeem themselves.
Similarly to this, people believe that Hitler would also bring back law and order as well as the economy. After the war there was no order and most parts of the country were in chaos. The promises that Hitler made, such as land and colonies to feed all their people and house the population, created certain optimism between the people. They began to feel that maybe this wasn’t too good to be true and that Hitler really would change Germany for the better.
As a result of the powerful propaganda, many voters were steered towards the direction of the Nazis. This was because the propaganda was so effective, people wanted to be like the Nazis, who looked strong, courageous and authoritative. The uniforms were impressive to some people that they joined to support the Nazis, whether a brown shirt or supporter. Hitler and the Nazis felt that supporting the Nazis in their ‘mission’ was the patriotic thing to do. The propaganda made some people begin to see the Nazis ideas in action and how it really was the patriotic thing to do.
Overall, most people decided that they wanted Hitler as their dictator, because of the promises he made. Many people could relate to the ideas that Hitler and the Nazis came up with. Therefore Hitler gained a lot of votes that way.