Hitler's rise to power roots from formation of democratic Weimar Republic in 1918 and is completed when Enabling Act passed in 1933 gave him legal power to dissolve the Reichstag and become the sole leader. Hitler was not sole leader till he merged offices of Chancellor & President to become Fuhrer in 1934. Before that President could still dismiss Chancellor. Enabling Act was only making Germany 1-party state Intentionalists like Hillgruber argue that Hitler's consistent ideology and personality was key to his rise while structuralists like Mommsen argue that Hitler’s rise natural development of German history. Economic conditions like the Great Depression and the disunity & ineffectiveness of democratic Weimar democratic government (not an economic condition) helped Hitler gained support from the German people. His manipulation of such conditions and strong will of attaining power are also indispensable for his rise. Hitler depended on miscalculation of conservative elites to become Chancellor, but fully gained his legal power after passing the Enabling Act due to his own effort.
Hitler’s rise to power roots from formation of democratic Weimar Republic in 1918 and is completed when he merged offices of Chancellor and President to become Fuhrer in 1934. Intenionalists like Hillgruber argue that Hitler’s consistent ideology and personality was key to his rise, that is, his manipulation of conditions, charismatic appeal to people and largely consistent but flexible ideology helped him rise. Economic distress in German during Great Depression and weakness of Weimar government also aided Hitler’s rise, but miscalculation of conservative elites was a more direct factor for Hitler to be the sole leader of Germany.
Firstly, the political instability due to weaknesses of the Weimar democratic government encouraged support for many extremist parties including Hitler's Nazi. As the proportional representation led to squabbling multi-party