Why Were The Nazi's Successful in the 1920's?

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Why Were The Nazi’s Successful In The Elections In The 1930’s?

In the 1932 election, the Nazi’s broke through in triumph to become the leading political party in Germany. There are many ways they achieved this, both factors that they could control, and that they couldn’t.
Some would say that the Nazi’s were so successful in the 1930’s because of the weakness of the Weimar Republic – The fact that they had set in depression and economic decline throughout the country, or that it was the spring from the depression that boosted the Nazi’s into such a great stranglehold on the country. It could also be said that it was simply Hitler and the Nazi’s technique of offering hope, jobs and prosperity that landed them in leadership. This is essay is going to look at the foundations of The Nazi supremacy, and decipher the reasons for them triumphing over the rule of Germany.

The juxtaposition of the Nazi’s pre and post 1924 is very strange. Before December the Nazi’s were incredibly aggressive and used force in most of their actions, causing them to try and rise up and over throw the government in the Munich Putsch. This ended up with the government turning against the Nazis, and resulted in Hitler’s arrest.
During Hitler’s time in prison in Landsberg he wrote the infamous ‘Mein Kampf’ and dictated it to Nazi’s within his facility. His greatest follower and Deputy Rudolph Hess listened intently to the whole of Hitler’s Mein Kampf numerous times, and depicted it as a fantastic vision of Hitler and the Nazi’s ideology.
After his release in December 1924, the Nazi’s took a great turn. With the release of Mein Kampf, their visions set in stone and Hitler out of prison, the Nazi’s were able to find a great sense of direction, and became incredibly organized.

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From this point the Nazi’s became dedicated, and incredibly concentrated on becoming the greatest political power in Germany. They started to really appeal to the public, and so they changed their tactics. The Nazi’s were now seen as a passive party, trying to get rid of extremism that had risen through the country because of depression, and ultimately eradicate the depression altogether.
The now super organized Nazi’s now had the attention of the general public, and they jumped from 12 seats in the Reichstag in 1928 to 107 seats in 1930.
How did they win these seats? some may ask, but the ...

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