Why did Hitler Come To Power?

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Vishal Chudasama

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Why did Hitler Come To Power?

In 1933, Hitler the leader of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party) became the Chancellor of Germany which was in crisis at the time. I will try to explore some of the reasons why he progressed in gaining this position.

After the Treaty of Versailles, Germanys’ government was a coalition of two political parties. The government was part Social Demarcates and part Peoples Parties these governments both were in favor of the Treaty of Versailles and wanted Germany to pay back their reparations. The Weimar Republic was set up mainly to help Germany out of their economic crisis at that time. Germany lost a lot of its land and the German people very hostile towards current government. Hitler exploited the weakness of the government.

Germany also had other economic problems as they were paying reparations to France and Britain and they did not have enough resources due to the Treaty of Versailles. Germany therefore was assisted by America. But as the Wall Street Crash occurred all of the loans and investment that America had became worthless and America recalled loans from Germany. Germany was in crisis and unemployment rapidly rose. At this time the five major banks in Germany had shut. People who had savings were becoming worthless day by day. The great inflation as it was referred to be was a major hit in the German economy. Many social groups were affected. The German people had lost faith in the Weimar republic.

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America assisted Germany by the Dawes plan in 1924 which suggested that Germany payment should be restructured based on their ability to pay over the years. But this was seen as a short term plan which failed and didn’t make the current government looks any better at the time. This was because they expected for Germany to recover quickly. The Young plan was also introduced in 1929 which gave a set amount to pay over limited period of time this also failed.

But Germany attitude toward this negative right wing parties in Germany saw this as another handover to the ...

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