Explain Why Hitler Came To Power Because Of The Depression
Hitler came to power because of the depression; how far do you agree with this statement?
I think that it is undeniable that Hitler was in fact helped majorly by the depression in Germany in the 1920s. Without the depression, Hitler would definitely not have been made Chancellor, but it wasn't necessarily the depression that caused Hitler to become the leader.
Throughout the 1920s, Hitler fought to become the legal dictator of Germany and restore it to its ideals. Hitler's absurd and perhaps extremely offensive goals hindered him and the Nazi party, there wasn't much of a chance of becoming any sort of power in Germany when the country was doing well and the economy was rising. The goals that Hitler and the Nazi party had were far too obscure for the every day citizen to agree with and side with Germany. No doubt the Nazi party would be a worse option for the country over the government at the time, who were seemingly doing a very good job at decreasing reparation payments and getting the economy back up to scratch. One thing …show more content…
that they still couldn't handle was potential uprisings, often times they had to call on other anti-government groups just to fight off similar anti-government parties.
Overall, Germany was still very weak, but they were definitely recovering from World War 1 and the hyperinflation that took place in 1923. The citizens of Germany did in no way want to now side with a party who seemingly wanted to murder all the Jews and wage war on the rest of Europe all the while blaming Germany losing the first world war on the “traitorous” politicians who signed the peace treaty when it wasn't necessary and when Germany were on the verge of winning the war.
In the 1920s, it seemed totally unbelievable that such an extremist party like the Nazis would ever get many votes, let alone would Hitler get Chancellor. Germany was doing well, most people had jobs and the economy looked like it was going up from there... then came along the Wall Street Crash, Germany was forced to pay back money to USA who had been loaning them it along with continuing to pay back France – once again, the country was in tatters.
At this point, the economy was failing, less people had jobs and there was a very high chance of another party illegally overthrowing the government. At this point, Hitler and the Nazis were at their best. They were at their most popular, but this was not, in fact, the point at which Hitler became Chancellor.
During the start of the Great Depression, Hitler and the Nazis had fabulous propaganda and other methods of gaining support like Hitler flying around the country to meet civilians (which had never been done before) and headquarters in every town or city. The Nazis were everywhere.
The Nazis also appealed to everybody, lower class, middle class and upper class. They suited everybody, which sounds like the perfect party! Hitler explained this on his trips around the country in halls and sports stadiums to thousands of members of the public, all jumping onto Hitler's side.
In the November 1932 elections, the Nazis actually dropped in votes.
Rather than 230 seats in the prior election in July, the Nazi party only got 196 seats and the Communists and Nationals were slowly gaining on the Nazis. At this point, with declining popularity, Hitler got his golden ticket to Germany. Franz Von Papen persuaded Hindenburg to make Hitler the Chancellor as they both thought that it would give Hitler what he wanted and that Hitler's popularity would most certainly die down within months and from there, the Nazis would have no clue what to do. What actually happened was that Hitler found a loophole, rather than staying metaphorically under Hindenburg as intended, Hitler was able to later pass the Enabling Act after gaining temporary dictator powers after the 'Communists' had burnt down the Reichstag days before an election. Communists were killed and the party was banned, hence Hitler eventually became dictator of
Germany.
In a sense, the depression in Germany most certainly did play a massive role in Hitler becoming the Chancellor and eventually the dictator, but without Von Papen persuading Hindenburg to make Hitler the Chancellor, Hitler would have been nothing; or maybe he would have again turned to violence. Von Papen essentially gave Hitler the last push into becoming the Chancellor, because despite the fact that Von Papen played a very key role in the rise of Hitler, the depression meant that the public sided with Hitler. While the public sided heavily with Hitler, he wasn't going to become Chancellor. He was too much of a threat. Once he started to die down, that was when he became Chancellor, but that's not to say that he'd have become the Chancellor if he'd had little popularity to begin with, it's the fact that he was losing popularity that made Von Papen advise Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor.
Overall, I think they played almost an equal role. Von Papen was crucial in getting Hitler legally into power, but the depression was what stimulated Von Papen into doing this.
I think that it is undeniable that Hitler was in fact helped majorly by the depression in Germany in the 1920s. Without the depression, Hitler would definitely not have been made Chancellor, but it wasn't necessarily the depression that caused Hitler to become the leader.
Throughout the 1920s, Hitler fought to become the legal dictator of Germany and restore it to its ideals. Hitler's absurd and perhaps extremely offensive goals hindered him and the Nazi party, there wasn't much of a chance of becoming any sort of power in Germany when the country was doing well and the economy was rising. The goals that Hitler and the Nazi party had were far too obscure for the every day citizen to agree with and side with Germany. No doubt the Nazi party would be a worse option for the country over the government at the time, who were seemingly doing a very good job at decreasing reparation payments and getting the economy back up to scratch. One thing …show more content…
that they still couldn't handle was potential uprisings, often times they had to call on other anti-government groups just to fight off similar anti-government parties.
Overall, Germany was still very weak, but they were definitely recovering from World War 1 and the hyperinflation that took place in 1923. The citizens of Germany did in no way want to now side with a party who seemingly wanted to murder all the Jews and wage war on the rest of Europe all the while blaming Germany losing the first world war on the “traitorous” politicians who signed the peace treaty when it wasn't necessary and when Germany were on the verge of winning the war.
In the 1920s, it seemed totally unbelievable that such an extremist party like the Nazis would ever get many votes, let alone would Hitler get Chancellor. Germany was doing well, most people had jobs and the economy looked like it was going up from there... then came along the Wall Street Crash, Germany was forced to pay back money to USA who had been loaning them it along with continuing to pay back France – once again, the country was in tatters.
At this point, the economy was failing, less people had jobs and there was a very high chance of another party illegally overthrowing the government. At this point, Hitler and the Nazis were at their best. They were at their most popular, but this was not, in fact, the point at which Hitler became Chancellor.
During the start of the Great Depression, Hitler and the Nazis had fabulous propaganda and other methods of gaining support like Hitler flying around the country to meet civilians (which had never been done before) and headquarters in every town or city. The Nazis were everywhere.
The Nazis also appealed to everybody, lower class, middle class and upper class. They suited everybody, which sounds like the perfect party! Hitler explained this on his trips around the country in halls and sports stadiums to thousands of members of the public, all jumping onto Hitler's side.
In the November 1932 elections, the Nazis actually dropped in votes.
Rather than 230 seats in the prior election in July, the Nazi party only got 196 seats and the Communists and Nationals were slowly gaining on the Nazis. At this point, with declining popularity, Hitler got his golden ticket to Germany. Franz Von Papen persuaded Hindenburg to make Hitler the Chancellor as they both thought that it would give Hitler what he wanted and that Hitler's popularity would most certainly die down within months and from there, the Nazis would have no clue what to do. What actually happened was that Hitler found a loophole, rather than staying metaphorically under Hindenburg as intended, Hitler was able to later pass the Enabling Act after gaining temporary dictator powers after the 'Communists' had burnt down the Reichstag days before an election. Communists were killed and the party was banned, hence Hitler eventually became dictator of
Germany.
In a sense, the depression in Germany most certainly did play a massive role in Hitler becoming the Chancellor and eventually the dictator, but without Von Papen persuading Hindenburg to make Hitler the Chancellor, Hitler would have been nothing; or maybe he would have again turned to violence. Von Papen essentially gave Hitler the last push into becoming the Chancellor, because despite the fact that Von Papen played a very key role in the rise of Hitler, the depression meant that the public sided with Hitler. While the public sided heavily with Hitler, he wasn't going to become Chancellor. He was too much of a threat. Once he started to die down, that was when he became Chancellor, but that's not to say that he'd have become the Chancellor if he'd had little popularity to begin with, it's the fact that he was losing popularity that made Von Papen advise Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor.
Overall, I think they played almost an equal role. Von Papen was crucial in getting Hitler legally into power, but the depression was what stimulated Von Papen into doing this.