"The weakness of the Weimar republic was the main that allowed factor that allowed Hitler to rise to power between 1920 and 1933". Do you agree?

            The Weimar government was never popular with the German people as it was set up by the allies after the first world war not very many people felt any reason to support or maintain it and little committed themselves to it. It had been targeted by both left wing and right wing groups in its early days in an attempt to overthrow it and there was extreme violence and rioting on the streets of Berlin. The treaty of Versailles was seen as a harsh and unjust treaty by the German people and they held the Weimar politicians responsible for their treatment. The weaknesses apparent within the Weimar republic left a gate open for Hitler to rise to power and gave him opportunities to do away with democracy. Another flaw of the Weimar republic was its representation  of constituencies. The proportional representation of parties allowed a lot of small parties into the Reichstag  and therefore it was difficult to find a majority government within parliament. Numerous elections were held and this allowed Hitler to scheme his way to the top by ‘wheeling and dealing’. Although by 1928 hitler’s party  only has 12 seats in the Reichstag but their was another additional factor which made all the difference. Hitler s efforts and the parties drive to succeed

             The use of propaganda was a clever tactic of Hitler ‘s. he promoted ideas to the German people that they wanted to hear and relating to issues that appealed to them. He used this method in his attempt to win them over. Hitler was able to convince and almost brainwash people into believing that what he told them was the truth. He was a very skilled public speaker and he used this skill to distort the truth as it suited him, this was to his advantage. A twenty-five point programme was set up by the nazi party  and was designed to appeal to all german people and all sections of their society; it included racist ideas and conveys hatred of non germans. He used the jewish people as scapegoats and blaimed them for all the problems in germany, he encouraged the  german public to take on this opinion also. He used the method of force to make people belive he was powerful and his sa and ss troopers gave this impression at rallies and other public appearances. He promised the german people a government which wuld be strong and support them at that time of desperation and when the Weimar republic was lacking in strength. However this wasn’t too effective as they still only had 12 seats in the Reichstag by 1928. another factor possibly could be the economic collapse of germany during the great depression and the lack of support the Weimar republic showed. It was unable to deal with Germanys problems and this set Hitler in an ideal position to rise to power. The nazi party became more and more popular and by 1932 they had 230 seats in the Reichstag.  

                Hitler‘s opportunity to do a political deal came about during the great depression when there was a collapse of trade and the death of stresseman. The people of germany were desperate due to the increasing rate of unemployment and the increasing political instability: they were desperate and needed a strong government. Hitler was their “last hope”. We can see clearly a distinct link between german unemployment figures and a rise in nazi seats in the Reichstag. People turned to Hitler for help due to the depression and the failure of the Weimar republic to cope with the ongoing problems in germany. In my opinion this is the main factor to why Hitler finally came about to doing a political deal.

              In conclusion there were may contributing factors to hilters rise to power but the crucial factor was the economic depression and the inability of the Weimar republic to cope with Germanys problems.