Why Did Many People Vote For The Nazi Party In The Elections Of 1930-32?

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Why Did Many People Vote For The Nazi Party In The Elections Of 1930-32?

Hitler's Rise to Power This essay discusses the long and short-term causes that contributed to Hitler's popularity with the public and eventual ascension to become fuehrer of Germany.

There are many reasons why so many people voted for the Nazi party in the elections of the 1930-32.  A very important question to ask when examining this issue is was Nazism an Ideology? And how did he use his so-called 'ideologies' to win over the support of the German people. The dictionary definition of the word 'Ideology' is 'Ideas that form the basis of a political or economic theory'; from this we should be able to weigh the evidence to see if the Nazis ideas about political and economic system form an ideology. The Nazis did not fit the criteria for being ideological; They were contradictory and hypocritical. The Nazis coagulated the ideas and

Theories of philosophers, musicians and scientists and produced them in a way

That appealed to the masses this is what made the Nazi party believable and supportable. Hitler presented to the masses a bombardment of political and ideological ideas, Which seemed to take into account every individual and personal opinion of the average and indeed middle class German. The nationalistic component to Nazism Appealed to every German, the fact that they were superior and stronger than other nations appealed to the masses and the apparent coherent way in which Hitler presented these ideas made it more believable than ridiculous.

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the most important causes that led to

Hitler's rise in Germany. From the German point of view the treaty was

incredibly harsh and devastating for Germany. The leaders of the allies drew up

this treaty to purposely revenge and weaken Germany. Even so, Germany had to accept this, or run the risk of starting the war all over again, which they would inevitably lose. It caused tremendous economic problems in Germany. The German people were starving and living in poverty.

He stirred up the German people by reminding them of parts of the treaty that they would not like and he promised that if he was elected he would refuse to abide by many terms in the treaty, such as the reparations, military restrictions, and the land which was away from Germany. He knew that people in Germany felt bad from the depression, and so the majority of the population blamed their problems on the treaty, this caused many to turn towards Hitler.

Hitler was very contradictory, it is evident that Hitler wanted to whip up

the support of the people but not just certain people he wanted the whole

support of the nation, to do this he had to be hypocritical and contradictory. In Hitler's book Mein Kampf (My Struggle), 1925 he states that "Politics is the

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art of using men's weaknesses for one's ends." This clearly shows Hitler's

intentions on how to get the support of the German people, by appealing to

every single German regardless of social standing.

As a person his time in jail allowed him to concentrate on how he would be able to successfully rise to power, but also how quickly he would be able to achieve this. It gave him time to realise the Nazi party's strong points of reasoning and that they would not just need support from their people but that these people would need to ...

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