Germany's Fall To The Nazi Party In The Early Twentieth Century

The cause of the Holocaust was derived from a number of events and people. For example, many people tend to put most blame on Hitler himself, or the Nazi people. However, some causes were far more effective than others. The economic turmoil Germany was under post-stock market crash, and the governmental instability that Germany had following World War I were the most potent causes for Germany’s fall to the Nazi party in the early twentieth century.
The economy of Germany was greatly harmed by the stock market crash which had also propelled the great depression within America. Gurnit Kaur says, “The crash left over thirty percent of the German workforce out of work. International agricultural prices fell, as well as industrial production,
This led to governmental instability allowing the Nazi party to then have its chance to gain more power politically. Kaiser, Germany’s leader at this time, resigned from power which caused other figures of the government to be left to deal with this change (The Wiener Library).
The democratic party then was granted the most power, but even after this switch in the government there was still an abundance of civil unrest causing conflict between differing political parties. Now, there was no definite leader and the people of Germany did not agree as to what they needed as a country. The most popular types of government wanted were a democracy, communism, or a strong military leadership (The Wiener Library). At this time there were many extremist groups that wanted to take over the country, due to its susceptibility. The people of Germany were unsure of what they needed as a country, so therefore, Hitler and the nazi party were trying to persuade the people that they were offering what they needed to become a powerful country once
His idea was to form a provisional government (The Wiener Library). Although, Hitler was tried for treason and was arrested. He then had to serve five years in prison. Although Hitler was currently in jail, the rise of communism was greatly feared by many people of germany, so they still turned to the Nazi party to keep communism away from the government. In 1933 after Hitler was released from jail, he was appointed chancellor by the president of Germany, Paul Von Hindenburg, in a government full of conservatives (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Now, Hitler finally got the power he yearned for, and the people/political figures of Germany thought little of his extremist ideas, and were just trying to mend their