Economic factors were a crucial component in the collapse of the Weimar republic and therefore, the rise of the Nazi party between 1918 and 1933. According to Hugo Preuss, “Weimar was born with a curse upon it.” This refers to the harsh conditions set by the Treaty of Versailles, and also the huge reparation payments of $6600 million that Germany were forced to pay as a result of their part in WW1. This was particularly difficult for Germany as their economy was weakened from funding their war effort. However John Hiden felt that other factors contributed more to the collapse of Weimar and the expansion of the Nazis. “Versailles certainly did not doom the Republic from birth.” Another important ingredient in the rise of the Nazis was the hyper inflation of 1923. It came as a result of Germany missing one of the reparation payments. This gave the French and the Belgians the excuse to invade the heart of the German economy, the Ruhr. To limit the benefit to the invaders, a general strike was called. However this slowed and nearly stopped their economy. More money was printed to try and solve…
Hitler and the Nazis came to power in January 1933. Their policies turned Germany into a Nazi police state. Many Germans benefited from Nazi rule but all at a cost.…
At the end of World War I, Europe was faced with economic problems. More than 25 million were unemployed worldwide. (Document #5) The Great depression effected economy, with global industry dropping 36%m and world trade decreasing by 62%. The governments during World War engaged in heavy borrowing which caused iflation. Much of European economy was built on the loans from the United States. One country, Germany had high level of interest, which crushed agriculture and industry, a burden on taxes and external debt. In the beginning of the year of 1931 with the highest unemployment rate of 23.3.(Document #6) Fascism preached several ideas that benefited a country. Fascists believed that a nation must struggle i n order to be safe and strong, peaceful countries were attacked. Germany, a fascist country under the rule of Adolf Hilter was one of them. (Document #2)…
In my opinion, I believe that the Great Depression was the most significant factor towards the growth of the Nazi Party as this was the time when the Nazi Party grew rapidly from only 12 seats in May 1928 to 107 in September 1930 and became the second largest party in Germany, following after the KPD. This was down to the economic crisis in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash, which weakened the Weimar Republic by discrediting its policies, consequently making the democratic politics less popular. The government seemed powerless to stop the depression, especially because Stresemann, an influential democratic politician, had died in October 1929. The government knew that they couldn’t print any more money due to the hyperinflation back in 1923 so Chancellors, Muller and Bruning, raised taxes, cut wages and reduced unemployment benefit. However this resulted in the unemployment rate continuing to rise to 6 million by early 1933. The German economy was extremely vulnerable at this point, as they had lost their short-term foreign loans so beggars, bootlace sellers and match sellers preoccupied the streets of Berlin and the government became the ‘scapegoat’ for these economic disasters. There was now less support for the Weimar Republic than ever before and middle class democratic parties associated with the Republic declined and people turned to extremist alternatives such as the Nazis, which led to a rapid increase in votes. Therefore, it is clear to see that the Great Depression was the main reason why the Nazi Party grew between 1929 and 1932.…
Bibliography: 1.Trueman, Chris. "The Nazis and the German Economy." The Nazis and the German Economy. History Learning Site, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. .…
The policies of the National Government in aiding economic recovery were a fact. National Government policies such as love interest rates, Imperial Protection and by the late 1930s rearmament did help reduce unemployment. It may well be argued that the fall in unemployment was a key factor for decreasing the growing number of recruiting extremist parties. Total unemployment was halves in 1933-38. It could be argued that most National Government policies were not that effective and that some policies in 1931-34 such as cuts in wages could’ve kept unemployment high by reducing demand. As the national level of unemployment fell, regional unemployment especially in old industrial areas started to pick up and remained high throughout the decade.…
During his time in Landsberg prison Hitler realised that his plan to take power in Germany had to change after the failure of the Munich Putsch. Therefore he decided he would win power legally by winning votes in elections so he decided to change the Nazi Party so it was well organised and so it would attract the German people. When the ban on the Nazi Party was lifted, Hitler decided to re-launch the party on 25th February 1925 in response to the poor electoral performance at the ‘Burgerbrau Keller (scene of the Munich Putch). Alongside the re-launch of the Nazi Party in 1925, Mein Kampf was published. Mein Kampf (My Struggle) was a mixture of autobiography and a vision for Germany, which also quickly became a best seller due to Hitler’s national fame. Also in 1925, Hitler set up a new party security group called the ‘Schutzstaffel’ (Protection Squad) or SS. At first the SS was run by Hitler’s personal chauffeur and bodyguard, Julius Schreck, and soon after by Heinrich Himmler, one of the most loyal supporters. The SS became famous and feared for their menacing black uniforms and the SS increased Hitler’s personal control of the Nazi Party. Hitler also has the support from Dr Joseph Goebbels who improved the Nazi Party’s propaganda. They wanted a simple message but used may ways to get it across. They blamed few people for Germany’s problems: the Jews, the communists and the moderate leaders of the Weimar Republic. They promoted Hitler as the voice of the Nazi Party and they used radios, films and gramophone records to keep Hitler in the public eyes.…
After the First World War, with the approaching world crisis, Germany needed a strong leader to make a radical change. To aid the country, Hitler persuaded rich people to invest into a new kind of Germany, into a military regime with plans to conquer Europe. People’s belief in Hitler soon grew as there was less unemployment after he came to power just as he promised (Adolf Hitler, "Appeal to the German People" (January 31, 1933), p. 3) and he became the country 's central figure for the people.…
Hassan’s innocence only added to the terror that Amir witnessed. A vengeful, young Nazi supporter was forcing himself upon a defenseless Hazara boy. Although Amir had spent his entire childhood with Hassan, he could not bring himself to intervene. As Amir shamefully ran away, he realized the difference between Hassan and himself. Hassan was an unconditional and full-hearted human being. Amir could not say the same for himself after abandoning Hassan when he needed him the most. After all, Hassan was in that situation because he was running the final kite that Amir had cut.…
Hungry are sweeped Germany and unemployment was high, and Hitler want change the constitution to a new system, leaded by the Nazi Party. And the only way he found to lift his Party, are to built a powerful military, and decrease the unemployment. He try…
Hitler reversed the deflationary policy of the cabinets that had preceded him. He instituted a massive program of public works and spending. Many of these projects related directly or indirectly to rearmament. The government sponsored canal building, land reclamation, and the construction of a large highway system with clear military uses. The government returned some unemployed workers to farms if they had originally come from there. Other laborers were not permitted to change jobs. The Nazi economic experiment proved that by sacrificing all political and civil liberty, destroying a free trade-union movement, preventing the private exercise of capital, and ignoring consumer satisfaction, full employment to prepare for war and aggression could be…
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.…
Hitler changed German society to a great extent, for the bad and for the good. The main way he changed society was obviously through his social policies, although his economic and political policies did change society as well. The social policies effected women and the jaws mostly. Economic policies that changed society involved unemployment falling. The political policies involved many things such as other parties being banned.…
January 30, 1933, the nazis have just come to power over Germany and Hitler is making his next move against those who have held down Germany and its people for so long. Beginning in 1918 the Nazi rise to power was long but inevitable. From the first mark of King Ludwig III granting permission to Hitler to enlist to a Bavarian regiment in the german army although he was not yet a German citizen, to the last mark of Hitler being elected chancellor there were many events that helped ultimately lead to the Nazi’s rise in power. One of these marks was from Germany’s great depression. Money became the talk of the town, in every conversation, every newspaper, and every poster in Germany.…
As a country, Germany suffered immensely from their Great Depression in the early 1930’s. However, a new political party called the Nazis, lead by Adolf Hitler, made the promise to return Germany to greatness. Eventually, the Nazi party would emerge as a favorite among the German citizens and would become the largest party in the German legislature. On January 1933, Adolf Hitler would take over the position of chancellor.…