How far do these three sources support the view that, in the years 1921-24, Hitler sought control of the Nazi Party only to gain personal power?

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How far do these three sources support the view that, in the years 1921-24, Hitler sought control of the Nazi Party only to gain personal power?

Source 1 supports the idea that Hitler sought control of the Nazi party only to gain personal power. The source which is written by they NSDAP says that Hitler “simply used the nationalist socialist party as spring board for his own immoral purpose”, this shows that Hitler may not have had the party’s interest at hear, merely just his own selfish motives. The source also says that “ this is clearly shown by an ultimatum that he sent to party leaders which he demands that he shall have a sole absolute dictatorship  of the party”, the worlds, ultimatum, demands, sole and ultimate  dictatorship, this strongly shows that Hitler only wanted personal power without anyone intervening .

The words dictator and sole suggest one meaning Hitler having sole control. The source was written by an opponent who would want do discredit him in a bad light, however the source is contempary meaning it is a first account of what truly happened so giving us a good idea whether Hitler sought control of the Nazi party only to gain personal power.

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 Like source 1, source 2 is also contempary. In the source Hitler during his speech ay Munich discredits the government by calling them “November criminals”.  Hitler uses the word vengeance which suggests that he wants to seek revenge on the government as he was a solider and many of his comrades had fallen in vein.

However the speech also suggests that Hitler had good intentions through his bad actions and yes he did want power but not for prestige but for selfless motives, to make Germany great again. In his speech Hitler uses the word “we” a lot, this suggest ...

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